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John Garamendi: Why are they doing that? Because they see it as an opportunity to build their merchant fleet, useful for their purposes.

On the recordMarch 10, 2020
Why are they doing that? Because they see it as an opportunity to build their merchant fleet, useful for their purposes.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Garamendi compares U.S. and Russian strategies in building merchant fleets.

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