Tom DeFrank is a longtime political observer with the New York Daily News and regular guest on VOA's Issues in the News program: "It is very clear that he has lost control of the agenda,".

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"There has to be a very clear and consistent and regular reinforcement of the message that this type of engagement does not mean a tacit endorsement of the SPDC's crimes against humanity or its ongoing violations of human rights."

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