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Chris Smith: Continuing to allow this sort of brutality to go on by saying nothing is the same as saying something loud and clear.

On the recordOctober 31, 2011
Continuing to allow this sort of brutality to go on by saying nothing is the same as saying something loud and clear.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Smith criticizes silence on human rights violations.

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