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Jeanne Shaheen: “We point to the underlying problems as why you have these accelerants of violence, of instability, of social breakdown.”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
We point to the underlying problems as why you have these accelerants of violence, of instability, of social breakdown.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Discussing the complexities of the Balkans and Middle East conflicts.

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