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Chris Smith: “It would be unconscionable for the Obama administration not to be insisting on human rights conditionality with a…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2014
It would be unconscionable for the Obama administration not to be insisting on human rights conditionality with a country that has already shown that they want economic benefits sans linkage to human rights conditions.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Smith criticizes the Obama administration for not linking human rights to economic agreements with Vietnam.

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