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Jim Webb: “I think we should be more open-handed. I think we should move more quickly, not because I approve of the people who have…”

On the recordApril 25, 2012
I think we should be more open-handed. I think we should move more quickly, not because I approve of the people who have run that government for the last 40 years, but because I want to see them ushered out the door more rapidly.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Senator Webb advocates for a quicker engagement with Myanmar to facilitate reforms.

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