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April 17, 2012

Scrapping UN Veto Would Help U.S. Take on Russia, China

Bloomberg, Bloomberg

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We think the U.S. should lead the way by calling for the abolition of the veto and the expansion of the council's permanent membership to Japan, Germany, India and Brazil.

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