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On the recordApril 12, 2016
Can you cite a time in the past when the U.N. has demanded action, if the troop-contributing countries have failed to act?
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Senator Shaheen questions the U.N.'s accountability measures for troop-contributing countries.

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