Ed Royce: “Let me go to one case where I know it's not theoretical, and bring this up again: The Mahmoud Kourani case.”

Clearly there is strong bipartisan support for well-resourced, broad engagement in Africa.

But I will ask both of you, we have got to engage with countries across Africa even the most challenging countries.

I would like to caution against making a bad situation worse.

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