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On the recordJune 12, 2019
We moved into a country that we did not understand. We did not understand the tribal nature of a country and we tried to instill a democracy.
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Ted Yoho
Republican · Florida

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Yoho reflects on past U.S. interventions and the challenges of imposing democracy.

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