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Ed Markey: So they are going to be looking for protection, and that kind of looks to the U.N. It looks to these blue-helmeted…

On the recordDecember 8, 2015
So they are going to be looking for protection, and that kind of looks to the U.N. It looks to these blue-helmeted soldiers to come in and to give some level of guarantee that there will protection for them if they lay down their guns.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey discusses the need for U.N. peacekeepers to ensure protection in Syria.

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