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On the recordMarch 28, 2012
It is an insult to the African Union and to every African that in 2012 a building as symbolic as the AU headquarters is designed, built, and maintained by a foreign country.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Condemnation of foreign involvement in the AU headquarters.

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