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Ed Markey: “Well, I think it is just an important issue for them to understand that we are dead serious about it.”

On the recordJune 3, 2015
Well, I think it is just an important issue for them to understand that we are dead serious about it.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey emphasizes the seriousness of addressing sexual abuse by peacekeepers.

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