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On the recordFebruary 27, 2017
I kind of, in my own mind, use the phrase 'partner.' You used 'partnership.' Partner, not protector, and trying to kind of look at it that way.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine emphasizes the importance of partnership over protection in U.S.-Iraq relations.

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