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Eliot Engel: “I don't believe that every separatist movement claiming some kind of referendum should be allowed to form either an…”

On the recordMarch 24, 2014
I don't believe that every separatist movement claiming some kind of referendum should be allowed to form either an independent country or to be part of a power grab.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel argues against allowing all separatist movements to gain independence.

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