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Russ Feingold: “If Mugabe and other hard-liners in the government continue to obstruct progress, or if the transitional government were…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 2009
If Mugabe and other hard-liners in the government continue to obstruct progress, or if the transitional government were to collapse, what punitive policy options do you think the United States should consider that haven't previously been pursued?
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Russ Feingold
Democratic · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Feingold questions potential U.S. responses to Zimbabwe's political situation.

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