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Ed Royce: And if we are not going to use the leverage that we have in order to check these impulses to use violence--it is not…

On the recordJune 4, 2013
And if we are not going to use the leverage that we have in order to check these impulses to use violence--it is not responsible for the United States, with the leverage we have, not to make our actions match our words about this.
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Ed Royce
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Royce calls for the U.S. to leverage its influence for human rights in Vietnam.

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