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Chris Smith: “State dinners and the like ought to be predicated on real progress.”

On the recordApril 13, 2016
State dinners and the like ought to be predicated on real progress.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Smith argues that state dinners should reflect genuine advancements in human rights.

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