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Tim Kaine: A passive United States which is content to do business with dictators... is making the world safer for human rights…

On the recordMarch 27, 2023
A passive United States which is content to do business with dictators... is making the world safer for human rights violators and kleptocrats.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine warns against U.S. complacency in dealing with dictators.

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