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Barack Obama: The United States does not become a safe haven for serious violators of human rights and humanitarian law.

On the recordAugust 3, 2011
The United States does not become a safe haven for serious violators of human rights and humanitarian law.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 8697—Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Who Participate in Serious Human Rights and...

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