One of the principal reasons is in order to have the resources, the diplomatic and the military and the development resources, the focus, the capacity for lots of other important threats, to deal with Yemen and Somalia, with an emerging nuclear Iran, and principally with Pakistan.
Chris Coons: “One of the principal reasons is in order to have the resources, the diplomatic and the military and the development…”
On the recordJune 22, 2011
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Coons emphasizes the need for resources to address multiple global threats.
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