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Tim Kaine: “We do not have command and control of Bangladeshi regulations, culture of corruption, building codes, but we do have…”

On the recordJune 5, 2013
We do not have command and control of Bangladeshi regulations, culture of corruption, building codes, but we do have leverage.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine discusses the U.S. leverage in addressing issues in Bangladesh.

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