On the recordJune 2, 2015
Today's silence flies in the face of an American history where Theodore Roosevelt complained about Soviet pogroms, and Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter raised human rights issues.
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congress.govChris Smith: “Today's silence flies in the face of an American history where Theodore Roosevelt complained about Soviet pogroms, and…”
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Smith criticizes the current silence on human rights, contrasting it with historical advocacy.
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