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Jeanne Shaheen: “I think that in the selection of Catherine Ashton, the EU picked someone who met some criteria that was set.”

On the recordDecember 8, 2009
I think that in the selection of Catherine Ashton, the EU picked someone who met some criteria that was set.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen discusses the EU's choice of Ashton as High Representative.

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