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Chris Smith: “It would undercut U.S. and universal values of dignity.”

On the recordApril 17, 2013
It would undercut U.S. and universal values of dignity.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Smith stresses the need for merit-based evaluations of countries' human rights records.

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