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Ed Markey: Where countries are not willing, as you say, where they do not have the gumption, those countries should be barred from…

On the recordApril 12, 2016
Where countries are not willing, as you say, where they do not have the gumption, those countries should be barred from peacekeeping altogether.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey emphasizes the need to exclude uncooperative countries from peacekeeping efforts.

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