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Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, makes remarks during hearings on "Corruption, Global Magnitsky and Modern Slavery - A Review of Human Rights Around the World", on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 16, 2015. Representatives from the State Department and human rights organizations testified on countries like Iraq, Malaysia and Cuba. REUTERS/Mike Theiler - RTX1KL3A

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