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Barack Obama: “The Yemeni people want the fighting to end as soon as possible.”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2015
The Yemeni people want the fighting to end as soon as possible.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Release - Statement by NSC Spokesperson Ned Price on Additional U.S. Humanitarian Aid for Yemen

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