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Chris Smith: “Human rights, by the end of the day, it is about the people's rights.”

On the recordApril 8, 2013
Human rights, by the end of the day, it is about the people's rights.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Smith asserts that human rights issues fundamentally concern the rights of individuals.

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