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On the recordMarch 1, 2016
It's absolutely true. There is a genocide against the Yezidis. But omitted from that declaration... was that the Christians were going to be left out.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith highlights the urgency of recognizing genocide against both Yezidis and Christians.

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