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Mike Lee: “President Obama recently described those efforts as purely symbolic, and I think he also used the word 'failure'...”

On the recordMarch 15, 2011
President Obama recently described those efforts as purely symbolic, and I think he also used the word 'failure'...
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Referencing President Obama's view on Palestinian recognition efforts.

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