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SheilaT

(23,156 posts) Thu Jul 30, 2015, 02:31 PM Jul 2015

Not sure if this has been posted before.

http://www.thenation.com/article/malaysia-needed-a-clean-human-rights-record-so-the-state-department-just-gave-it-to-them/

Yet another reason to oppose the TPP.

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Not sure if this has been posted before. (Original Post) SheilaT Jul 2015 OP

Reminds me of when Bush tried to classify burger-making as "manufacturing jobs" arcane1 Jul 2015 #1

What a legacy..... djean111 Jul 2015 #2

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

1. Reminds me of when Bush tried to classify burger-making as "manufacturing jobs"

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Thu Jul 30, 2015, 02:38 PM

Jul 2015

djean111

(14,255 posts)

2. What a legacy.....

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Thu Jul 30, 2015, 02:43 PM

Jul 2015

The president cleansed Malaysia of its notorious human trafficking record to give the country a front row seat to join the TPP—and Congress can’t do anything about it.

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