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David Cicilline: “We talk about democracy-building and so forth. There was a lot of rationalizing about the coup...”

On the recordNovember 6, 2017
We talk about democracy-building and so forth. There was a lot of rationalizing about the coup...
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline critiques U.S. support for Egypt's government post-coup.

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