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Jeff Merkley: “It sounds like the policy of the U.S. is to not encourage or to discourage the Government of Bangladesh from proceeding…”

On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
It sounds like the policy of the U.S. is to not encourage or to discourage the Government of Bangladesh from proceeding with that effort?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley questions U.S. policy regarding Bangladesh's plan for refugee relocation.

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