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Chris Murphy: “When you go to these parts of the world and say, 'Well, you care about human rights, and you care about democracy, and…”

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
When you go to these parts of the world and say, 'Well, you care about human rights, and you care about democracy, and you care about freedom unless it is some country that is critically important to you in some way.'
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy critiques U.S. hypocrisy regarding human rights based on geopolitical interests.

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