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On the recordMarch 18, 2015
What we will be doing in the United Nations is push in the shadows for a vote on Palestinian statehood in order to pressure Israel.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

She accuses the administration of using U.N. votes to pressure Israel regarding Palestinian statehood.

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