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Jeff Flake: “For Somalia and the surrounding region, U.S. interests abroad, the stakes are simply too high to let the country…”

On the recordMarch 13, 2018
For Somalia and the surrounding region, U.S. interests abroad, the stakes are simply too high to let the country backslide.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

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Flake warns against the risks of Somalia regressing.

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