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Eliot Engel: “I condemn the violence used to break up opposition sit-ins last August and urge the military to refrain from using…”

On the recordOctober 28, 2013
I condemn the violence used to break up opposition sit-ins last August and urge the military to refrain from using similar tactics in the future.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel condemns violence against opposition in Egypt and urges military restraint.

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