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Jamie Raskin: “There's no doubt that the U.S. Government has intervened to destabilize democracies, as in Chile, as in Iran”

On the recordOctober 23, 2017
There's no doubt that the U.S. Government has intervened to destabilize democracies, as in Chile, as in Iran
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin acknowledges U.S. interference in foreign democracies historically.

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