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Barack Obama: Protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms is a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy.

On the recordDecember 3, 2014
Protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms is a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Release - Statement by NSC Spokesperson Bernadette Meehan on Human Rights in The Gambia

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