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Claire McCaskill: “If we can confirm that they are victims, then we have a moral obligation as a country to get them out of there.”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2016
If we can confirm that they are victims, then we have a moral obligation as a country to get them out of there.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

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McCaskill emphasizes the moral duty to rescue confirmed victims abroad.

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