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Eliot Engel: “If we can talk to Kim Jong-un, certainly, we can talk to the Taliban.”

On the recordJune 19, 2018
If we can talk to Kim Jong-un, certainly, we can talk to the Taliban.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel argues for negotiating with the Taliban, comparing it to talks with North Korea.

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