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Antony Blinken: “Secretary Tillerson is going to Moscow in the middle of the next week, actually, I think he should move up the trip and…”

On the recordApril 6, 2017
Secretary Tillerson is going to Moscow in the middle of the next week, actually, I think he should move up the trip and go as quickly as possible, and basically say to the Russians we're going to hold you accountable for of Assad's actions going forward.
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Antony Blinken
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Blinken discusses the need for accountability from Russia regarding Assad's actions in Syria.

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