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On the recordJuly 17, 2017
In these four countries, with so many children, severely, acutely malnourished, it is not just a moral outrage.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley emphasizes the moral implications of child malnutrition in crisis regions.

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