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Marco Rubio: “We have to document what happens...people who are harmed…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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State Department's Historic Move to End Government-Sponsored Censorship

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Because one thing is to say it in a broadcast like this, another thing is to actually put it on paper. And there's two reasons We have to document what happens...people who are harmed deserve to know that and be able to prove that they were harmed. And then the other is to make sure it never happens again. Right. So that 10 years from now, when someone has a brilliant idea like this again, you know, … (20:44–20:51)

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Asserts the need to document past censorship actions to inform and provide evidence for those harmed.

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