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On the recordFebruary 14, 2011
But when you have a situation like in this case where the justification is humanitarian, you can see the potential for a very broad definition of what a humanitarian crisis is.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Webb warns about the risks of broad interpretations of humanitarian interventions.

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