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Eliot Engel: “This bill is a step toward regaining leverage and imposing accountability for Assad's flagrant violations of…”

On the recordMay 2, 2017
This bill is a step toward regaining leverage and imposing accountability for Assad's flagrant violations of international norms and human decency.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel emphasizes the importance of the bill in holding Assad accountable.

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