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On the recordSeptember 10, 2010
This country said, Do you know what? We'll promise, we'll sign treaties, we'll meet our promise, and we just haven't done it.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken emphasizes the U.S. failure to uphold treaty obligations.

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