02/13/2018
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"It is fitting that we are holding this hearing today on International Human Rights Day, December 10th."
"The persecution of Christians is escalating."
"It is not democracy per se that is to be the goal, but rather duly-elected constitutional government that respects minorities, the separation of power, and fundamental human rights."
"It is the strategic interest of the United States to encourage governments to respect the rights of their own people because governments have failed to do so are, in the final analysis, unstable."