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Bob Menendez: Yet, Madam Secretary, America's Ambassador to Turkey, Ambassador Jeffrey, very recently said in a newspaper interview…

On the recordFebruary 23, 2010
Yet, Madam Secretary, America's Ambassador to Turkey, Ambassador Jeffrey, very recently said in a newspaper interview that Turkey has 'security concerns on Cyprus.' Certainly, he can't be supporting this rationale for keeping Turkish troops on Cyprus. Did he misspeak?
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez questions the U.S. Ambassador's justification for Turkish troop presence in Cyprus.

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