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Ben Cardin: “Obviously, the urgency of dealing with the security issues, terrorism, our military-to-military--those issues become…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 2017
Obviously, the urgency of dealing with the security issues, terrorism, our military-to-military--those issues become dominant in our debate, and we sort of do not put the proper attention on the deterioration of human rights.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Highlights the neglect of human rights issues due to security concerns.

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