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Jeanne Shaheen: What led the regime to choose not to take that path and use brutality we cannot answer for sure.

On the recordJanuary 26, 2011
What led the regime to choose not to take that path and use brutality we cannot answer for sure.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Discussing Belarus's choice to reject a democratic path.

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