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Adam Schiff: “What has made these revolutions so powerful is they have been indigenous. They have not been at the tip of the American…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2011
What has made these revolutions so powerful is they have been indigenous. They have not been at the tip of the American spear or imposed from outside.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Schiff highlights the importance of local leadership in the Libyan revolution.

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