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Tim Kaine: “Efforts to restrict the press would be a clear violation of not just the U.N. charter but American values.”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
Efforts to restrict the press would be a clear violation of not just the U.N. charter but American values.
Said by
Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Kaine asserts that press restrictions contradict U.N. principles and American ideals.

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