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Chris Coons: We need to be investing far more in Africa for the sake of our own place in the world.

On the recordJuly 24, 2012
We need to be investing far more in Africa for the sake of our own place in the world.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizes the necessity of increased U.S. investment in Africa.

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