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Linda Thomas-Greenfield: We have put undue pressure on the government to relinquish these children and to allow them to exit the country.

On the recordOctober 21, 2015
We have put undue pressure on the government to relinquish these children and to allow them to exit the country.
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Discussing U.S. efforts to pressure the DRC government on child adoptions.

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