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On the recordSeptember 19, 2011
I think that we need to be focusing on the human rights issues in our policy but, at the same time, doing everything we can to support the kind of creative things that the defectors themselves are doing in radio broadcasting and these balloon launches.
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Gary Ackerman
New York

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Emphasizes the importance of human rights and supporting North Korean defectors' initiatives.

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