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On the recordFebruary 10, 2014
Our policy is if everything else fails, we will use military force, but given the consequences of that we would dearly love to stop everything else from failing.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Adam Smith outlines the U.S. policy on military force as a last resort.

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