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Chris Van Hollen: A passive United States which is content to do business with dictators... is making the world safer for human rights…

On the recordMarch 28, 2023
A passive United States which is content to do business with dictators... is making the world safer for human rights violators and kleptocrats.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen criticizes U.S. passivity towards dictatorships.

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