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On the recordFebruary 25, 2015
Despite the administration's lip service to the issue of human rights, they have been effectively ignoring human rights in our foreign policy discussion.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Criticism of the administration's neglect of human rights in foreign policy.

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