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Ed Markey: It is deeply important to me that we make preventing and responding to discrimination and violence against the LGBTQ…

On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
It is deeply important to me that we make preventing and responding to discrimination and violence against the LGBTQ community a foreign policy priority.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey emphasizes the importance of prioritizing LGBTQ rights in U.S. foreign policy.

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