Transcript: HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURMA:CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH

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Congressional Testimony
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February 7, 2006
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Congressional Testimony
02-07-2006
Opening Statement of Christopher H. Smith Chairman, Subcommittee on Africa,
Global Human Rights and International Operations Committee on House International
Relations Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International
Operations February 07, 2006 The Subcommittee will come to order, and good
afternoon to everyone. Today`s joint hearing of the Subcommittees on Africa,
Global Human Rights and International Operations and on Asia and the Pacific
will focus on the current human rights situation in Burma, and what the
U.S. and the international can and must do to improve that situation. After
forty years of brutal military dictatorships, the human rights ...

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