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Jack Kingston: “When an American overseas gets tuberculosis in a foreign jail, is there any kind of intervening rule in diplomacy that…”

On the recordMay 14, 1997
When an American overseas gets tuberculosis in a foreign jail, is there any kind of intervening rule in diplomacy that says we can give them medical treatment?
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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Questioning the diplomatic protocols for providing medical treatment to Americans imprisoned abroad.

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