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Joe Manchin: “We will not trade any potential cooperation in a place like Syria for letting go on the pressure we're exerting on…”

On the recordJuly 6, 2016
We will not trade any potential cooperation in a place like Syria for letting go on the pressure we're exerting on Russia over their actions inside Ukraine.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Stressing that cooperation in Syria shouldn't compromise pressure on Russia regarding Ukraine.

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