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Ed Markey: The Leahy human rights considerations would prevent us from working and collaborating in a training relationship or in…

On the recordJune 3, 2015
The Leahy human rights considerations would prevent us from working and collaborating in a training relationship or in an equipping relationship with military members who have any accusations with respect to human rights.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey discusses the Leahy amendment's impact on military collaboration with accused human rights violators.

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