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Chris Smith: This is not a democracy, it is a dictatorship.

On the recordJune 4, 2013
This is not a democracy, it is a dictatorship.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Smith criticizes Vietnam's government, asserting it is a dictatorship rather than a democracy.

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