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Chris Smith: Allowing a healthy dose of political realism about our own interests and those of the peoples of Ethiopia to temper…

On the recordJune 19, 2013
Allowing a healthy dose of political realism about our own interests and those of the peoples of Ethiopia to temper judgmentalist impulse and direct our energies instead where they can be most effective in encouraging, facilitating, and sustaining continued stability and progress in Ethiopia and beyond.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith calls for a realistic approach to U.S. interests in Ethiopia.

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