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Robert L. Turner: “Frankly, this hearing could now be entitled, 'The State Department's Inadequate Response to Human Rights Concerns in…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2012
Frankly, this hearing could now be entitled, 'The State Department's Inadequate Response to Human Rights Concerns in Bolivia Part II.'
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Robert L. Turner
New York

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Turner criticizes the State Department's ongoing inadequate response to human rights issues in Bolivia.

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