Chris Smith actually said...

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

02/10/2014

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