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Chris Smith: “I was also deeply disturbed by the assassination of Pakistan's Federal Minister of Minorities, as we all were, and…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2011
I was also deeply disturbed by the assassination of Pakistan's Federal Minister of Minorities, as we all were, and joined by several people on this subcommittee and throughout the House, including Frank Wolf and so many other Members, when Shahbaz Bhatti on March 12 of this year died by assassination.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith expresses concern over the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti and its implications for religious freedom.

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