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Chris Smith: “The administration, has been reluctant, in my opinion to seriously hold the Ethiopian Government to account for…”

On the recordJune 19, 2013
The administration, has been reluctant, in my opinion to seriously hold the Ethiopian Government to account for persistent egregious human rights violations
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Smith criticizes the U.S. administration's reluctance to address human rights violations in Ethiopia.

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