01/10/2017
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"This is a region--more people have died in terrorist attacks in West Africa in the last 5 years than the rest of the world combined..."
"There is something like $500 million in assistance to Niger that is now hanging in the balance."
"I am very disappointed at how this and previous Administration have chosen to prioritize regions and countries that I do not think fit the framing of that law."
"I hope that we will work together to strengthen your voice in the interagency, to priority security assistance for coastal West Africa."