Chris Smith actually said...

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.

Context

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

05/19/2013

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