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Ted Strickland: “Seven thousand Iraqis, out of several million, is an insignificant response to a huge problem.”

On the recordFebruary 22, 2007
Seven thousand Iraqis, out of several million, is an insignificant response to a huge problem.

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Governor Strickland critiques the U.S. plan to accept only 7,000 Iraqi refugees, calling it inadequate.

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