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Rubén Gallego: “A number of congressional colleagues, particularly those not on this committee, are often surprised to hear that we have…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2019
A number of congressional colleagues, particularly those not on this committee, are often surprised to hear that we have no permanently based troops in Latvia, Lithuania, or Estonia, despite them being NATO allies.
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Rubén Gallego
Democratic · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

Gallego highlights the absence of permanent U.S. troops in Baltic NATO countries.

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