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Karen Bass: I will try to be quick also. I wanted to know if you could say--and if you can't and we need to talk afterwards let me…

On the recordJune 19, 2013
I will try to be quick also. I wanted to know if you could say--and if you can't and we need to talk afterwards let me know--but what happens when we raise the issues of human rights? I mean, what's the basis of the contradiction?
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Karen Bass
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Bass inquires about the contradictions in addressing human rights issues in Ethiopia.

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