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On the recordJuly 16, 1997
So that if a unit was believed to have had, at some time in the past, a person against whom we have credible evidence of human rights abuses, but that no such person currently is a member of such a unit, that unit would be eligible to receive assistance under this act?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Discussing eligibility criteria for military assistance related to human rights abuses.

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