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On the recordJanuary 2, 2017
Having acknowledged that China and Russia would be critical, if there was an ability to find a nuclear deal of some kind with North Korea, you would also agree, would you not, that their belief about whether or not the U.S. would follow a deal, if we reached it, that could be important to them in determining how much they wanted to work with us to press for a deal?
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Questions the importance of U.S. credibility in negotiating with China and Russia regarding North Korea.

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