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Gerry Connolly: “Not to speak out about blatant abuses still going on in Vietnam... would be a dereliction of duty.”

On the recordMarch 6, 2012
Not to speak out about blatant abuses still going on in Vietnam... would be a dereliction of duty.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Connolly warns against ignoring ongoing human rights violations in Vietnam.

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