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Edward Livingston: “I know that the gentlewoman is concerned about the genocide, as we all should be, by an event that happened almost a…”

On the recordJune 5, 1996
I know that the gentlewoman is concerned about the genocide, as we all should be, by an event that happened almost a hundred years ago. But does the gentlewoman feel that the country of Israel, whose constituents suffered greatly at the hand of the Holocaust, as the gentlewoman well knows, is any less interested in such genocide. Is she aware that Israel has just engaged in some very close negotiations for a warm relationship with Turkey?
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Edward Livingston
Louisiana

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Discussing Israel's interest in genocide prevention during a debate.

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