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Susan Rice: “We are far from that. And when the president of the United States, the country that was the driving force behind the…”

On the recordSeptember 23, 2026
We are far from that. And when the president of the United States, the country that was the driving force behind the founding of the U.N., stands up before the General Assembly, as President Trump did yesterday, and calls for the annihilation of another country, we underscore just how far we've strayed from the founding vision of the U.N.
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Susan Rice
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Discussing the relevance of the U.N. today.

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