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Joe Manchin: “It is pretty hard to explain why is it there if you are not going to make them do something.”

On the recordSeptember 14, 2016
It is pretty hard to explain why is it there if you are not going to make them do something.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Manchin expresses difficulty in justifying NATO's existence without accountability.

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