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Chris Smith: “I am deeply concerned that Cuba's tier, their State Department ranking, which had been the worst... only to be…”

On the recordMarch 22, 2016
I am deeply concerned that Cuba's tier, their State Department ranking, which had been the worst... only to be manipulated politically for non-human trafficking criteria in anticipation of this rapprochement, which I find absurd.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith criticizes political manipulation of Cuba's trafficking ranking.

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