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Jonathan Jackson: “Shouldn't the U.S. finally walk away from and stop paying, we continue to pay billions of dollars over the years to the…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2011
Shouldn't the U.S. finally walk away from and stop paying, we continue to pay billions of dollars over the years to the U.N. that has an organization like this Human Rights Council, which obviously is a total farce.
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Jonathan Jackson
Democratic · Virginia

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Jackson questions U.S. funding for the U.N. Human Rights Council, calling it a farce.

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