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Susan Yoshihara, of Portsmouth, R.I., is the director of research at the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, an organization with offices in Washington D.C. and New York. She received a Ph.D. in international relations from the Fletcher School, Tufts University and spent 20 years as a U.S. Navy helicopter pilot.
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