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Ted Poe: The U.S. Government has been practically mute. Even after multiple activist organizations initiated petitions with…

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
The U.S. Government has been practically mute. Even after multiple activist organizations initiated petitions with hundreds of thousands of signatures, the U.S. Government's disinterest in the plight of an American and his family is simply indefensible.
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Poe criticizes the U.S. government's lack of action regarding Meriam's situation.

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