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Chris Smith: So when you look at our job in terms of evaluating public interest, again, the standard that is set in the statute is…

On the recordJune 17, 2013
So when you look at our job in terms of evaluating public interest, again, the standard that is set in the statute is that we--there is a rebuttable presumption that exports are in the public interest.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Discussing the evaluation of public interest regarding exports.

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