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Eliot Engel: “I deeply worry that the United States may turn its back on the Middle East and we do so at our own risk.”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
I deeply worry that the United States may turn its back on the Middle East and we do so at our own risk.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel warns against U.S. disengagement from Middle Eastern affairs.

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