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Jeff Flake: “It sometimes seems in the General Assembly, if it were not for Israel, Palau, and the Marshall Islands, we would not…”

On the recordMay 6, 2013
It sometimes seems in the General Assembly, if it were not for Israel, Palau, and the Marshall Islands, we would not have any friends.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

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Flake highlights the lack of support for the U.S. in the UN General Assembly.

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