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Jeanne Shaheen: “I think that is one of the underlying tenets of our foreign policy or certainly should be.”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
I think that is one of the underlying tenets of our foreign policy or certainly should be.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen defends the importance of supporting freedom and democracy in foreign policy.

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