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On the recordDecember 14, 2011
If the OAS finds that it is unable to make itself effective, there remains no reason for its continued existence.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel argues for reform or dissolution of the OAS if ineffective.

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