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Chris Smith: “First of all is the systematic and widespread modern-day slavery, not just government complicity, but the Government of…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2012
First of all is the systematic and widespread modern-day slavery, not just government complicity, but the Government of Vietnam was behind it.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith highlights government-sponsored modern-day slavery in Vietnam.

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