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Brad Sherman: “As I understand our official human rights formula, it is the number of human rights violations divided by the number of…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
As I understand our official human rights formula, it is the number of human rights violations divided by the number of million barrels of oil exported by the relevant country.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman critiques the formula used to assess human rights in relation to oil exports.

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