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Chris Coons: “I would like to call to order this hearing of the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the U.S. Senate Committee on…”

On the recordApril 13, 2011
I would like to call to order this hearing of the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Coons opens the hearing on the budget request for sub-Saharan Africa.

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