Chris Smith actually said...

human rights usually is demoted in U.S. foreign policy.

Smith highlights the low priority of human rights in U.S. foreign policy.

07/22/2014

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The U.S. Government must continue to press the Vietnamese Government on truly fundamental human rights issues.

The Vietnamese Government and Communist Party continue to be one of the worst abusers of human rights.

It can't be a sidebar issue. It can't be something that's in the appendix that is brought up in a cursory way.

Our policies cannot be directed at the Vietnamese elite in the Communist Party but must focus on the people of Vietnam.