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Chris Smith: “We need to use our leverage to try to compel their release.”

On the recordJune 16, 2015
We need to use our leverage to try to compel their release.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Smith emphasizes the need for action to release prisoners of conscience in Vietnam.

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