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12 0 0 12 16 429 Tm (1. )Tj (Whether some of the Administrative Judge's factual findings are erroneou\ s)Tj ET 0 G q 1 0 0 1 28 428.25 cm 0 0 m 359.051 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 387.0508 429 Tm (. )Tj (Department Counsel makes the following)Tj -30.921 -1.125 Td (arguments in support of its contention that the Judge's factual findings\ are erroneous: \(a\) there is no record evidence to)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (support the Judge's finding concerning that FC has a democratic form of \ government and has been in alliance with the)Tj T* (United States for more than 50 years; \(b\) the Judge improperly relied \ on a favorable credibility determination as a)Tj T* (substitute for record evidence; and \(c\) the Judge erred by making find\ ings that rely on uncorroborated statements made)Tj T* (by)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (Applicant.)Tj 0 -2.125 TD (\(a\) )Tj (Administrative Judge's finding concerning FC)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 32.3184 335.25 cm 0 0 m 221.467 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 253.7852 336 Tm (. )Tj 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