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Dick Durbin: “To think that there is a form of diplomatic slavery, which has been uncovered by the Washington Post, where servants are…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2012
To think that there is a form of diplomatic slavery, which has been uncovered by the Washington Post, where servants are brought from foreign countries working here in this Capital City enslaved.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin highlights the disturbing reality of diplomatic slavery in the U.S.

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