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On the recordMarch 6, 2012
It is up to us to maintain our standards of freedom and democracy in dealing with these Third World dictatorships.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Ros-Lehtinen emphasizes the need for the U.S. to uphold freedom standards with dictatorships.

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