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Susan Rice: “It's a shame-- there's no other word for it--when the only country with which we're keeping company is Somalia.”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
It's a shame-- there's no other word for it--when the only country with which we're keeping company is Somalia.
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Susan Rice
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Susan E. Rice criticizes the U.S. for not ratifying the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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