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On the recordMarch 2, 2011
I think that it is going to play a key role in the Middle East, where we can set up, as you mentioned, we can set up U.N. offices to do democracy building, rather than the U.S. going in.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Ros-Lehtinen emphasizes U.N. offices for democracy building in the Middle East.

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