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Ron Johnson: “We can be of some help stabilizing things, but it is not our responsibility to rebuild everybody's country.”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2017
We can be of some help stabilizing things, but it is not our responsibility to rebuild everybody's country.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Stating that the U.S. should not bear the burden of rebuilding other nations.

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