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Senator Mark Warner: Are we facing a new Cold War?

2022-05-11

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Stephen Sackur is in Washington DC to speak to the Chairman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, senior Democrat Senator Mark Warner. America is sending weapons and money to Ukraine to confront Vladimir Putin. But with economic troubles and political polarisation at home, is the US well equipped for a new era of conflict?

(Photo: Democrat Senator Mark Warner)

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