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On the recordSeptember 29, 1999
I write this letter as a plea, an agonized cry from across the Pacific, to ask that you pressure our representatives in Washington to act.
Said by
Luis Gutiérrez
Democratic · Illinois
Source
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Sep 29, 1999

Editor's note · Context

Making a personal appeal for action regarding the situation in East Timor.

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