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On the recordJanuary 2, 2017
At my urging, the U.S. Government ended all assistance to a national police force in one country due to our concerns about the use of extrajudicial killings.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cardin highlighted the U.S. government's response to human rights abuses.

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