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Tim Kaine: “They live in neighborhoods in a very, very poor country whose institutions have been completely corrupted by something…”

On the recordJune 18, 2018
They live in neighborhoods in a very, very poor country whose institutions have been completely corrupted by something in the compass of this Committee; the sad reality of Americans' desire to buy illegal drugs.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Kaine highlights the impact of U.S. drug demand on Honduran society.

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