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Aloha, Mr. Smith: Sean Penn Goes to the House

Penn, left, and Smith. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Penn, left, and Smith. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Warren Rojas
Posted May 20, 2013 at 4:41pm

Human rights activist and actor Sean Pean greets Rep. Christopher H. Smith, R-N.J., at the top of Monday’s House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations hearing on the plight of Jacob Ostreicher, a Brooklyn native being detained abroad in Bolivia.

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