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Chris Smith: Please save the 23 million people in North Korea who are living a life of misery not unlike what I had suffered.

On the recordSeptember 19, 2011
Please save the 23 million people in North Korea who are living a life of misery not unlike what I had suffered.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

A plea to help North Koreans suffering under oppressive conditions.

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