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Eliot Engel: “The Merida Initiative was not engraved in stone. It is a living strategy that is modified, adjusted, and corrected, as…”

On the recordDecember 14, 2011
The Merida Initiative was not engraved in stone. It is a living strategy that is modified, adjusted, and corrected, as circumstances change on the ground and we learn lessons.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel emphasizes the adaptability of the Merida Initiative.

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