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Chris Smith: If you can't treat your people well, why should we respect your word when it comes to something so existential as a…

On the recordApril 21, 2015
If you can't treat your people well, why should we respect your word when it comes to something so existential as a nuclear bomb.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith questions the trustworthiness of Iran regarding nuclear agreements based on its human rights record.

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