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Chris Smith: It is wrong for our Government to give foreign officials and their families the privilege--and it is a privilege, not a…

On the recordMay 19, 2013
It is wrong for our Government to give foreign officials and their families the privilege--and it is a privilege, not a right--to visit and study in the United States while those same officials are wrongfully detaining an American abroad.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith criticizes the U.S. government for allowing foreign officials to visit while detaining Americans.

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