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Chris Smith: “I often am concerned when it comes to human rights that some people get compassion fatigue.”

On the recordDecember 11, 2012
I often am concerned when it comes to human rights that some people get compassion fatigue.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Concern about diminishing attention to human rights issues.

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