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Tom Lantos

The patience of the American public with dilatory diplomatic delays will be very limited.

Patience

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Tom Lantos is warning that Americans will not tolerate slow or procrastinating actions in diplomacy for long. He suggests that delays in diplomatic efforts will quickly frustrate the public.

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