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Chris Coons: “If I am confirmed, I would look forward to further honing and refining not only with Mali but with my colleagues in the…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2011
If I am confirmed, I would look forward to further honing and refining not only with Mali but with my colleagues in the region about how we might best support those efforts to ensure that AQIM does not become the much more dangerous thing that we would all fear and ceases to threaten the security and the development of northern Mali.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons emphasizes the need for regional cooperation against AQIM threats in Mali.

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