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Eliot Engel: “I would encourage the administration to immediately stop issuing JADE Act waivers.”

On the recordOctober 4, 2017
I would encourage the administration to immediately stop issuing JADE Act waivers.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel urges for a halt on waivers for Burmese military members until violence stops.

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