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Frank Wolf: “Not to advocate for the persecuted in China, the persecuted in--the Yazidi girls who have been taken hostage in Raca…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2017
Not to advocate for the persecuted in China, the persecuted in--the Yazidi girls who have been taken hostage in Raca, not to advocate for Asa Bebe, the Christian Catholic woman who's been in jail for six years under a death sentence in Pakistan--six years. Six years--and not to say anything about it? He's got to. History will judge him poorly.
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Frank Wolf
Republican · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Wolf criticizes the lack of advocacy for persecuted individuals globally.

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