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Chris Smith: Capping non-humanitarian assistance to the Vietnamese regime until these 'Hanoi six hundred' are unconditionally…

On the recordMarch 6, 2012
Capping non-humanitarian assistance to the Vietnamese regime until these 'Hanoi six hundred' are unconditionally released, and religious and political freedoms improved, is the least that we can do.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith advocates for capping aid to Vietnam until political prisoners are released.

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