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Dick Lugar: The ordinary observer of this would say essentially that the Government right now is the army or the military force.

On the recordJuly 13, 2011
The ordinary observer of this would say essentially that the Government right now is the army or the military force.
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

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Lugar describes the military's dominance in South Sudan's governance.

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