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Tim Kaine: “I cannot imagine a Situation Room meeting in which the Principals decide that these risks are more 'tolerable' than the…”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2018
I cannot imagine a Situation Room meeting in which the Principals decide that these risks are more 'tolerable' than the risks associated with a strategy of containing and deterring North Korea.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Kaine expresses skepticism about the risks of military action versus containment strategies.

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