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Philip D. Murphy: I just do not understand. I still do not understand to this day how we think somehow we are better off having done that.

On the recordOctober 23, 2017
I just do not understand. I still do not understand to this day how we think somehow we are better off having done that.
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Philip D. Murphy

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Expressing confusion over U.S. actions regarding Burma and their impact on the Rohingya.

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