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Patrick Leahy: “There is an enormous number of disabled people in Vietnam, and this program alone is not going to be able to help them…”

On the recordMarch 31, 2009
There is an enormous number of disabled people in Vietnam, and this program alone is not going to be able to help them all.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy highlights the limitations of a program for disabled individuals in Vietnam.

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