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On the recordJuly 29, 2009
Not only if we skip it, but if we have an illegitimate election; it will ensure that the February 2011 referendum in the South will be a secession vote, I would think.
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

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Isakson warns that an illegitimate election could lead to secession in Southern Sudan.

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