Jim Risch actually said...

This hearing is very timely, given a number of international conferences on Lebanon and upcoming elections in Lebanon in May.

Risch emphasizes the importance of the hearing due to Lebanon's upcoming elections.

03/20/2018

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democracy is a whole lot better than authoritarianism.

those elections were about as straight up as I have ever seen.

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.