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Patrick Leahy: “It seems that the way we are going to end our use of anti-personnel landmines on the Korean Peninsula--which President…”

On the recordMay 5, 2015
It seems that the way we are going to end our use of anti-personnel landmines on the Korean Peninsula--which President Obama has said he wants to do--is by developing technological and/or doctrinal and tactical alternatives.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the transition away from landmines in Korea as per Obama's directive.

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