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Patrick Leahy: “We were lobbied, Congress was, to say that the Palestinians... we lost our vote in UNESCO.”

On the recordMarch 12, 2014
We were lobbied, Congress was, to say that the Palestinians... we lost our vote in UNESCO.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy discusses the consequences of withdrawing support from UNESCO.

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