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Chris Smith: The U.S. administration wants to continue the relationship with Ethiopia. In order to do that it has to come to terms…

On the recordJune 19, 2013
The U.S. administration wants to continue the relationship with Ethiopia. In order to do that it has to come to terms with this issue of a brutal regime that is torturing its own people.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith highlights the U.S. dilemma in balancing relations with Ethiopia and human rights issues.

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