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Eliot Engel: “Shouldn't it be indicated to him... that his release would allow for a rapprochement?”

On the recordMay 19, 2013
Shouldn't it be indicated to him... that his release would allow for a rapprochement?
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Suggesting that Jacob Ostreicher's release could improve U.S.-Bolivia relations.

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