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Dick Lugar: “Surely there are tens of billions of dollars out there, albeit acquired in a strange way by the former government, but…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2011
Surely there are tens of billions of dollars out there, albeit acquired in a strange way by the former government, but regardless this ought to be Egyptian money.
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the frozen assets of former Egyptian President Mubarak and the suffering of the Egyptian people.

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