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Chris Smith: Let me point out to my colleagues that when the State Department removed Vietnam from the list of Countries of…

On the recordJune 16, 2015
Let me point out to my colleagues that when the State Department removed Vietnam from the list of Countries of Particular Concern as a gesture of good will, which I opposed in 2006, we once again saw backsliding.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Critiques the State Department's decision to remove Vietnam from a human rights watch list.

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