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Tim Kaine: “I think it is very important for us to try to deliver humanitarian aid. Obviously, it is being blocked by the…”

On the recordJanuary 2, 2017
I think it is very important for us to try to deliver humanitarian aid. Obviously, it is being blocked by the Venezuelans, but I think it is of foremost importance for people to have access to water and food and medicine.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine stresses the need for humanitarian aid access in Venezuela.

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