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Chris Coons: I am pleased to convene today's hearing of the Foreign Relations Committee entitled 'Economic Statecraft: Increasing…

On the recordJuly 24, 2012
I am pleased to convene today's hearing of the Foreign Relations Committee entitled 'Economic Statecraft: Increasing American Jobs through Greater U.S.-Africa Trade and Investment.'
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Coons opens the hearing on U.S.-Africa trade and investment.

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