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By Tom Williams

Posted May 25, 2022 at 3:28pm

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, center, poses for a photo with, from left, Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., before a bipartisan meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday.

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