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Bob Menendez: I would conclude by pleading that we not avert our gaze from the humanitarian catastrophe that is unfolding before us.

On the recordOctober 30, 2013
I would conclude by pleading that we not avert our gaze from the humanitarian catastrophe that is unfolding before us.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez emphasizes the need to address the humanitarian crisis in Syria.

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