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Patrick Leahy: “As a country that has been a beacon of hope to so many who face human rights abuses abroad, the United States has to…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2011
As a country that has been a beacon of hope to so many who face human rights abuses abroad, the United States has to address this continuing injustice around the world but also here, too.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy calls for the U.S. to confront human trafficking domestically and internationally.

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