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Ted Deutch: “I don't think it should be up to us to remind President Abbas that they need our support when it has been clear--it has…”

On the recordApril 28, 2014
I don't think it should be up to us to remind President Abbas that they need our support when it has been clear--it has been the position of the United States Congress that any decision that they make to align themselves with a terrorist group will mean the end of the funding.
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Ted Deutch
Democratic · Florida

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Deutch argues that Congress's stance on funding should be clear to President Abbas.

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