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Chris Coons: If we do not fix political legitimacy and we do not, on behalf of the United States, engage in governance questions…

On the recordDecember 14, 2011
If we do not fix political legitimacy and we do not, on behalf of the United States, engage in governance questions, then we can do all the work we want to... and we will not have addressed the real driver.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons stresses the importance of addressing political legitimacy in Congo for effective governance.

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