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On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
In Tunisia, the Ukraine, it was about corruption; it was not about who was President or who the government was.
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Benjamin Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cardin emphasizes that corruption, not leadership, drives change in Tunisia and Ukraine.

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