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On the recordSeptember 25, 2018
When it comes to standing up for human rights, for justice, for the rule of law, for the world's most vulnerable and oppressed, the United States has taken itself out of the running.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Condemnation of U.S. policies regarding human rights leadership.

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