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Bob Menendez: “Ruthless autocrats, militias, and terrorist organizations have always used food as a weapon of war, and Vladimir Putin…”

On the recordJuly 19, 2022
Ruthless autocrats, militias, and terrorist organizations have always used food as a weapon of war, and Vladimir Putin is no different.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez accuses Putin of weaponizing food in the conflict.

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