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Ed Markey: Will the State Department suspend or limit future weapons sales to South Sudan, given the risk of United States weapons…

On the recordJanuary 8, 2014
Will the State Department suspend or limit future weapons sales to South Sudan, given the risk of United States weapons being used to commit atrocities?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey questions the potential for U.S. weapons to be misused in South Sudan.

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