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Adam Smith: “The unintended consequence is the signal that you send to our adversaries because they measure some of our actions as…”

On the recordOctober 3, 2011
The unintended consequence is the signal that you send to our adversaries because they measure some of our actions as our resolve, our national resolve.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Discussing how U.S. actions affect perceptions of resolve among adversaries.

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