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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
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