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Joe Crowley: “The absence of revenge was palpable. It was so evident that these people, the deprivation they had been through, their…”

On the recordApril 24, 2012
The absence of revenge was palpable. It was so evident that these people, the deprivation they had been through, their families, the torture.
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Joe Crowley
Democratic · New York

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Crowley reflects on the resilience of families of prisoners in Burma despite their suffering.

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