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Mike Lee: If anything would justify war, it is one country’s continued occupation of another.

On the recordMarch 7, 2025
If anything would justify war, it is one country’s continued occupation of another.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Lee argues against federal ownership of lands in Utah, likening it to occupation.

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