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Chris Coons: One of the things that has failed, in that broad review of the many things that have failed, is the state, the entire…

On the recordDecember 16, 2013
One of the things that has failed, in that broad review of the many things that have failed, is the state, the entire mechanism of the state.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons highlights the failure of the Central African Republic's state mechanisms.

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