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Mark Warner: “If I can interrupt my good friend, the central issue is, we are losing, as you pointed out, our greatest national…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2007
If I can interrupt my good friend, the central issue is, we are losing, as you pointed out, our greatest national treasure: our youth, killed and wounded. How much longer? You are talking about indefinite periods of time. What do we do now by which to give a greater measure of protection to them while this process that you indicated is very slow can evolve, and what pressures are we going to put on the greater international community, the top five, to do what you have defined?
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the issue of youth casualties in conflict during a discussion on international community responsibilities.

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