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Chris Smith: It was appalling that Mugabe could take what is a bread basket country and turn it into a food-deprived country.

On the recordSeptember 11, 2013
It was appalling that Mugabe could take what is a bread basket country and turn it into a food-deprived country.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith reflects on Zimbabwe's decline under Mugabe's leadership.

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