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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “We sanctioned it by downgrading the status of the PLO office, then immediately waived that sanction in the interests of…”

On the recordApril 17, 2018
We sanctioned it by downgrading the status of the PLO office, then immediately waived that sanction in the interests of so-called national security.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Ros-Lehtinen criticizes the administration's handling of PLO office sanctions.

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