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Marco Rubio: “Sudan is really low-hanging fruit. I mean--OK, Sudan. But, where we really--where an entity like this would really grow…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2011
Sudan is really low-hanging fruit. I mean--OK, Sudan. But, where we really--where an entity like this would really grow and be a legitimate entity that you could look at and say, 'Boy, I'm glad we have this,' is for them to say something about--like torture and other outrageous things that are happening in places like China; the constant daily roundup of dissidents in Cuba and multiple other places like that, where they don't get to.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio criticizes the Council's focus on Israel over other human rights issues.

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