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Joe Crowley: I think the President has acknowledged there has been backsliding, and I think it is a direct result of abandonment, in…

On the recordOctober 20, 2015
I think the President has acknowledged there has been backsliding, and I think it is a direct result of abandonment, in my opinion, of the action-for-action that was effective in moving Burma forward.
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Joe Crowley
Democratic · New York

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Crowley expresses concern over backsliding in Burma's democratic reforms.

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