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Patrick Leahy: “I saw a report way back in 1997 by Human Rights Watch. It talked about the abduction of children by a heavily armed…”

On the recordApril 23, 2012
I saw a report way back in 1997 by Human Rights Watch. It talked about the abduction of children by a heavily armed Ugandan rebel group called the Lord's Resistance Army.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy recalls early reports on the LRA's abduction of children.

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