Antony Blinken actually said...

Especially when actually those values are absolutely necessary and central to having the stability that the president and we ultimately want, because in the absence of that, you're actually going to have countries that at least in the short-term may seem stable because they are basically suppressing any difference or any descent.

04/17/2017

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