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On the recordAugust 5, 2015
If it is true that the administration politicized this report, there are questions about why they chose to significantly diminish a tool that has been effective in fighting slavery around the world.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Questioning the administration's handling of the Trafficking in Persons Report.

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