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Jeanne Shaheen: “What kind of a message does it send to the Burmese leadership, military, and civilian when in the United States of…”

On the recordOctober 23, 2017
What kind of a message does it send to the Burmese leadership, military, and civilian when in the United States of America, we have a travel ban on Muslim majority countries' members coming into this country?
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen questions the implications of the U.S. travel ban on perceptions in Burma.

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