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Chris Smith: “The so-called annual Human Rights Dialogue is just nothing but a waste of time and taxpayers' money and should be…”

On the recordDecember 6, 2016
The so-called annual Human Rights Dialogue is just nothing but a waste of time and taxpayers' money and should be abolished.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith criticizes the effectiveness of the annual Human Rights Dialogue.

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