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Ed Markey: The Hutu are organizing along ethnic lines and militarizing along ethnic lines, and that is always kind of a prelude to…

On the recordDecember 8, 2015
The Hutu are organizing along ethnic lines and militarizing along ethnic lines, and that is always kind of a prelude to a failed state.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights the dangers of ethnic militarization leading to state failure.

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