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Dick Lugar: We had no--there was no plan in place to explain the Kerry-Lugar bill to the Pakistanis the day you passed it.

On the recordJanuary 20, 2010
We had no--there was no plan in place to explain the Kerry-Lugar bill to the Pakistanis the day you passed it.
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

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Highlighting the lack of communication regarding the Kerry-Lugar bill in Pakistan.

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