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Emanuel Cleaver: “What I hope will happen is one of the Members will pick up the mantle and delve into the issues and matters of foreign…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2012
What I hope will happen is one of the Members will pick up the mantle and delve into the issues and matters of foreign relations as has Donald Payne.
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Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic · Missouri

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Cleaver urges others to continue Payne's work in foreign relations.

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