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Chris Smith: “State is, in a macro sense, operating in the greater good of America, but they are willing to sacrifice individual…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2012
State is, in a macro sense, operating in the greater good of America, but they are willing to sacrifice individual Americans on the way to their goals. That is not okay.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith criticizes State Department's treatment of individual Americans for broader goals.

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