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On the recordFebruary 25, 2020
This bears repeating. The President threatens to destroy Iran's cultural sites and, yes, that would be a tremendous loss to our world. It is considered an international war crime when he states this. But how is what is happening here on the Tohono O'odham Nation any different?
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Deb Haaland
Democratic · New Mexico

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Haaland compares the destruction of Indigenous sites to threats against foreign cultural sites.

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