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US Admits Human Rights Shortcomings in UN Report

US Admits Human Rights Shortcomings in UN Report
by Matthew Lee WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has told the United Nations that America’s human rights record is less than perfect but stressed that the U.S. political system has built-in safeguards that promote improvements. In its first-ever report to the U.N. Human Rights Council on conditions in the United States, the State Department said Monday that some Americans, notably minorities …

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