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Ted Poe: What has America done? Where is the courage in America to speak out for those who are suffering at the hands of…

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
What has America done? Where is the courage in America to speak out for those who are suffering at the hands of dictators who refuse to recognize not an American right, but a human right?
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas

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Poe questions America's silence on human rights violations and advocates for religious freedom.

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