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American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term.
Samantha Power
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Samantha Power
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 21
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London
England
Samantha Jane Power
Samantha J. Power
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