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On the recordSeptember 28, 2015
So action that was taken to save lives in an ethnic cleansing situation, a huge atrocity, even without a predicate of a U.N. Security Council resolution calling precisely for delivery of aid into this area--you know, I know you can make mistakes and there is risk, there are mixed feelings about it. But the general sense was gratitude that the actions were taken.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Acknowledgment of the necessity of action in humanitarian crises despite legal uncertainties.

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