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Tim Scott: “Bestowing international legitimacy on the Taliban and allowing them access to $7.5 billion dollars at the New York Fed…”

On the recordOctober 4, 2021
Bestowing international legitimacy on the Taliban and allowing them access to $7.5 billion dollars at the New York Fed would be a grave mistake.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Warning against legitimizing the Taliban amid a humanitarian crisis.

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