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Chris Smith: “Time is obviously very short, so I am going to focus on Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Nigeria.”

On the recordDecember 6, 2017
Time is obviously very short, so I am going to focus on Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Nigeria.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith highlights the urgency of addressing human rights abuses in specific African countries.

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