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Chris Smith: During the war in El Salvador when the FMLN and the government were at great odds and it was war, Napoleon Duarte, then…

On the recordMarch 24, 2014
During the war in El Salvador when the FMLN and the government were at great odds and it was war, Napoleon Duarte, then the President of El Salvador, negotiated a cease-fire, a Day of Tranquility, as they called it, to vaccinate the children against the leading killers of children.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith references historical efforts to vaccinate children during conflict.

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