Trump administration puts freedom first

Published February 4, 2020 7:22pm ET



The Trump administration has declared 2020 the year of “Freedom First,” though you would be forgiven for having missed it.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the announcement at an event on human trafficking mid-January, to little fanfare. “The Department of State declares 2020 the year of ‘Freedom First,’ in recognition that human dignity, autonomy, and freedom are essential to the exercise of our rights and liberties,” he said.

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