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Eliot Engel: “I was in favor of declaring Boko Haram as a terrorist organization, but I want to address the undercurrent...”

On the recordMay 20, 2014
I was in favor of declaring Boko Haram as a terrorist organization, but I want to address the undercurrent...
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel defends the timing of Boko Haram's terrorist designation against criticism.

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