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Joe Manchin: “If you are not allowed to ever punch back, you are going to lose the fight.”

On the recordOctober 25, 2017
If you are not allowed to ever punch back, you are going to lose the fight.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Manchin stresses the importance of having a response strategy to cyber threats.

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