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Bob Menendez: If we allow for whatever reasons, whatever security--border security, counternarcotics--for ethnic cleansing to take…

On the recordSeptember 14, 2023
If we allow for whatever reasons, whatever security--border security, counternarcotics--for ethnic cleansing to take place and we look the other way, we send a global message of what our priorities are.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez warns against ignoring ethnic cleansing for security reasons.

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