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On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
We should use all available leverage to pressure the combatants to bring the civil war to an end.
Said by
Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Murphy emphasizes the need for U.S. leverage to end the Yemen civil war.

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