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On the recordNovember 19, 2014
To concede Crimea, as George Bernard Shaw said, 'is to descend simply into a process of quibbling about the price.'
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel emphasizes the importance of not conceding Crimea to Russia.

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