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On the recordJanuary 10, 2017
The Obama Administration recently abandoned Israel with a one-sided resolution at the Security Council of the United Nations by abstaining from a vote, which in the past we would routinely have vetoed.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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Barrasso criticizes the Obama Administration's abstention on a U.N. resolution regarding Israel.

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