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Dick Durbin: “But when human rights violators are able to live freely in our country, America's credibility is threatened.”

On the recordOctober 5, 2009
But when human rights violators are able to live freely in our country, America's credibility is threatened.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin warns that allowing human rights violators in the U.S. undermines national credibility.

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