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On the recordJanuary 31, 2022
We have made a significant down payment on a democratic future for Sudan, but I am gravely concerned that this transition is badly off track, and without active diplomatic engagement and some strong and decisive action by the United States this transition may, effectively, be dead.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons expresses concern about the stalled democratic transition in Sudan.

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