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Jim McGovern: “1.3 million human beings have been displaced across Lebanon.”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 08:28

It may seem far away, it may not be in the news every day, but it matters. 1.3 million human beings have been displaced across Lebanon. That's nearly double the population of my district of Massachusetts. More than 200 Lebanese kids have been killed. Children. Children there. There were just over 200 kids enrolled at Burncote elementary, where I went to school. (08:28–08:33)

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Asserts that 1.3 million people have been displaced in Lebanon.

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