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Chris Smith: First time, shame on you. Second time, shame on me. Third time, are we being foolish? Are we naive?

On the recordJune 16, 2015
First time, shame on you. Second time, shame on me. Third time, are we being foolish? Are we naive?
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith questions the repeated failures to address Vietnam's human rights abuses.

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