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Michael J. Gerson asks, "In Cairo, will [President Obama] have anything to say to those fighting for human rights?"
Speaker: Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
Presider: Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
March 25, 2010
Listen to Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, discuss his recent Foreign Affairs article, "Empty Promises? Obama's Hesitant Embrace of Human Rights," with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
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