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Jason Altmire: “That's right. We were touched by the pain, but we were also touched by the courage that they endure daily these attacks…”

On the recordSeptember 6, 2007
That's right. We were touched by the pain, but we were also touched by the courage that they endure daily these attacks, and they stay and they don't have to do that, but they make the decision to be there. And when you see the story and you see the children firsthand, and again, when they point across in the Gaza and say I used to live in that house right there, that used to be my house.
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Jason Altmire
Pennsylvania

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Discussing the impact of conflict on children in Gaza.

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