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On the recordMay 8, 2013
The issue is that, after more than two decades, more than 20 years of failure, Ambassador Jacobs and her colleagues still have no effective tools to accomplish their objective.
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Dan Goldman
Democratic · New York

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Goldman criticizes the lack of effective tools for diplomats in child abduction cases.

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