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John James: “We will never divorce our foreign policy from human rights.”

On the recordJuly 17, 2023
We will never divorce our foreign policy from human rights.
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John James
Republican · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the importance of human rights in U.S. foreign policy.

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