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Biographical Note:

Lorne Craner served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.

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• Biography - U.S. Department of State
• "Question of East Timor" Reports, and Other Documents on Indonesia, Aceh, and East Timor Conflict - United Nations (1960-1999)
• President Clinton Announces Normalization of Diplomatic Relations with Vietnam - White House (July 11, 1995)
• EP3 Incident, U.S. Aircraft Collision with Chinese Fighter Complicates U.S. - China Relations - CNN (April 1, 2001)
• Craner Delivers Speech on Role of Human Rights in Foreign Policy - Heritage Foundation (October 31, 2001)
• Craner on a 2002 AEI Panel, Topics Include Human Rights, Conditions for Dissidents, and North Korean Refugees - American Enterprise Institute (December 2, 2002)
• Executive Order 13224, President Bush Authorizes Designation and Halting of Assets of Foreign Individuals and Entities That Commit, or Pose a Significant Risk of Committing, Terrorism - Bureau of Counterterrorism at Department of State (September 23, 2002)
• Overview on Rise of Hizb ut-Tahrir, Islamic Party of Liberation Terrorist Organization in Central Asia - Ariel Cohen, Heritage Foundation (May 30, 2003)
• International Drug Controversy in Thailand, Thai Police Are Linked to Wave of Killings - Seth Mydans, New York Times (April 8, 2003)
• Taguba Report, Internal Military Investigation into Allegations of Torture at Abu Ghraib - U.S. Department of Defense (March 2004)
• Chinese Muslims Become Detained at Guantanamo, U.S. Refuses to Return 15 Chinese for Fears of Their Mistreatment - Robin Wright, Washington Post (August 24, 2005)
• Secretary Rice Visits China Ahead of Release of Rebiya Kadeer, Activist Who Publicized Chinese Treatment of Muslim Uighur Minority - New York Times (March 17, 2005)
• President Bush Says He Feels Like Dissident in His Own Government, Discusses Chinese Treatment of Rebiya Kadeer and Other Political Dissidents While Abroad in Europe - White House (June 5, 2007)
• Report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation Program together with Foreword by Chairman Feinstein and Additional and Minority Views, Investigation Into CIA Torture Allegations - Congressional Report (December 9, 2014)
• President Obama Accused of Overlooking Human Rights Violations in China - Michael Crowley, Politico (September 23, 2015)

Lorne Craner on an AEI Panel (December 2, 2002)