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Antony Blinken: “It certainly runs counter to those goals, whenever there are civilian casualties, whenever there are unintended injuries…”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2021
It certainly runs counter to those goals, whenever there are civilian casualties, whenever there are unintended injuries or deaths.
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Antony Blinken
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Discussing the negative impact of civilian harm on counterterrorism efforts.

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