The State Department issued a public statement the day after we heard that Dr. Vu had been sentenced. We stated in that release that we were deeply concerned by the sentencing and we called for the release of Dr. Vu.
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Senator Webb discusses the State Department's response to the sentencing of Vietnamese legal scholar Co Huy Ha Vu.
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