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Paul Cook: Why is it that it is okay for a government to allow its women to be raped, exploited and abused in another country?

On the recordApril 10, 2013
Why is it that it is okay for a government to allow its women to be raped, exploited and abused in another country?
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Paul Cook
California

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Questioning the government's inaction on the exploitation of Vietnamese women.

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