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Bob Menendez: “The latest conventional arms transfer policy, unfortunately, took out the specific reference to human rights record of…”

On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
The latest conventional arms transfer policy, unfortunately, took out the specific reference to human rights record of state recipients of U.S. security assistance.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez criticizes the removal of human rights considerations in arms transfer policy.

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