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On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
I was just speaking earlier today with some experts on Sudan who were noting the fact that so much of the challenge there is coming from the chaos and disruption of war that has made normal activities that one might support their family with incredibly difficult to the point of producing a famine.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley discusses the impact of war on famine in Sudan.

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