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Gerry Connolly: “Continued human rights abuses and power consolidation at the expense of peaceful opposition in Egypt is neither…”

On the recordDecember 15, 2015
Continued human rights abuses and power consolidation at the expense of peaceful opposition in Egypt is neither consistent with U.S. interests and principles nor an expedient path to an ultimately secure region.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly warns against U.S. support for Egypt amidst human rights abuses.

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