Speaker Nancy Pelosi: On the San Francisco Olympic Torch Relay - Politics on The Huffin... - 0 views
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The Olympic Charter states that the goal of the Olympic Games should be to promote "a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity." The Chinese government has failed to live up to the commitments it made before being awarded the Olympic Games to improve its human rights situation. In fact, there is disturbing new evidence that it is conducting a broader crackdown on human rights in China and Tibet because of the Olympics.
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hopemonger 2008 on 09 Apr 08The amateur atheletes should not be subjected to global politics. China owns a good majority of our debt and we are in no position to antagonize them.
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