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Tim Kaine: “The civil war in Yemen is driven or there is an origin to that civil war, which is the Houthis' dissatisfaction as a…”

On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
The civil war in Yemen is driven or there is an origin to that civil war, which is the Houthis' dissatisfaction as a minority with the way they are being treated by the government.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Kaine discusses the root causes of the Yemeni civil war related to minority grievances.

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