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On the recordSeptember 21, 2016
The control of these islands--and I'm not saying China should control them--would give them the capacity to blockade their own ports.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Sherman discusses the limited strategic importance of disputed islands.

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