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Patrick Leahy: “I'm sorry that some of our closest allies and friends, like Mexico and Canada, even the countries that you dismissingly…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2004
I'm sorry that some of our closest allies and friends, like Mexico and Canada, even the countries that you dismissingly called 'Old Europe,' were alienated because they disagreed with our strategy of preemptive war.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
Source
congress.gov
Mar 1, 2004

Editor's note · Context

Leahy points out the alienation of allies due to the preemptive war strategy.

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