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Chris Murphy: “I think often the rationale for our continued economic, and security assistance... is often connected to our need to…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2023
I think often the rationale for our continued economic, and security assistance... is often connected to our need to have a foothold inside these countries to compete with China.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy discusses the rationale for U.S. assistance linked to competition with China.

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