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Chris Murphy: “In many of these places you have regimes or entities, non-state actors, who are controlling large portions of territory…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2015
In many of these places you have regimes or entities, non-state actors, who are controlling large portions of territory that are in the business of destroying the historical record, destroying the cultural record.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Murphy emphasizes the importance of preserving cultural records in conflict zones.

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