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Tim Kaine: “I asked Secretary Austin yesterday at an Armed Services Committee hearing whether growing famine or medical catastrophe…”

On the recordApril 10, 2024
I asked Secretary Austin yesterday at an Armed Services Committee hearing whether growing famine or medical catastrophe in Gaza would escalate violence in the region, and he said absolutely it would.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine highlights the potential for escalating violence due to humanitarian crises in Gaza.

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