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Bob Menendez: “When a foreign country like China goes ahead and puts a couple of million Uyghurs in concentration camps--and we know…”

On the recordJanuary 11, 2022
When a foreign country like China goes ahead and puts a couple of million Uyghurs in concentration camps--and we know that to be true--when Cuba goes ahead and represses its citizens for peacefully protesting and recently passed a law that actually makes for what we would consider free speech rights a punishment by death--and we know that to be true--it is publicly reported--what is the--what is our obligation?
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez highlights human rights abuses in China and Cuba, questioning U.S. obligations.

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