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Antony Blinken: “This was not a choice of which American to bring home. The choice was one or none.”

On the recordDecember 7, 2022
This was not a choice of which American to bring home. The choice was one or none.
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Antony Blinken
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken explains the difficult decision-making process regarding the prisoner swap.

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