06/16/2009
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"The tool of choice for authoritarians these days is anti-nongovernmental organization laws, also referred to as foreign agent laws."
"Autocrats fear the loss of control, and this ensures opposing ideas are neither seen nor heard."
"the United States has been a partner of Georgia for 30 years now, supporting its democracy, its self-determination, its security."
"This is a bipartisan issue, and it is an American issue and something we all need to work on together."