Chris Smith actually said...

Any air attack on a portion of Burma by the Burmese military is an admission that the repression of peoples in Burma continues.

Smith states that ongoing military actions indicate continued repression in Burma.

09/18/2013

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Mark Lagon from Freedom House... claims that there is an utter absence of prosecutions for labor trafficking.

I think 15 years later we are really getting it right because every Embassy I go to, and there are many, I always ask who is doing TIP there...

I hope to hear a thorough explanation today of how this determination was made and by whom, but I fear that the damage has already been done...

Either the report and our efforts to correct these terrible crimes are meaningful or they become a political tool.