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On the recordMarch 20, 2017
Beginning in 2015, General Dunford, as the head of the Joint Chiefs, in appearances before this committee started to say and he said on multiple occasions now that among nation-states in the world, Russia is our biggest--he has used the phrase 'adversary,' 'headache,' 'what keeps him up at night,' 'threat' in terms of its military, both capacity and intent to use its power.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Senator Kaine references General Dunford's repeated characterization of Russia as a significant threat.

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