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Chris Smith: This is a lifeline--as The Washington Post so aptly said, a lifeline to this dictatorship.

On the recordFebruary 25, 2015
This is a lifeline--as The Washington Post so aptly said, a lifeline to this dictatorship.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith refers to support for Cuba as a lifeline for its dictatorship.

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