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Tim Walz: “I think it does trouble a lot of Americans, this idea of lecturing other countries on human rights when we certainly…”

On the recordOctober 31, 2011
I think it does trouble a lot of Americans, this idea of lecturing other countries on human rights when we certainly have our past transgressions...
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Tim Walz
Democratic · Minnesota

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Walz acknowledges America's own human rights issues while discussing global human rights.

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