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Jim Webb: We take one standard on electoral process in a place like Thailand, and then we'll say--or we will not say, to Vietnam…

On the recordJanuary 20, 2010
We take one standard on electoral process in a place like Thailand, and then we'll say--or we will not say, to Vietnam or China, that they should even have elections.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Jim Webb critiques the differing U.S. standards for electoral processes in various countries.

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