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Gary Palmer: “If the State Department's highest priority is the protection of U.S. citizens, why shouldn't we block remittances to…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2016
If the State Department's highest priority is the protection of U.S. citizens, why shouldn't we block remittances to these countries?
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Gary Palmer
Republican · Alabama

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Gary Palmer questions the effectiveness of remittances to countries that do not cooperate with repatriation.

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