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Chris Coons: I have to remind them, as Nick Kristoff commented this week in the New York Times, that it--in the long-term, a stable…

On the recordMay 16, 2011
I have to remind them, as Nick Kristoff commented this week in the New York Times, that it--in the long-term, a stable Pakistan is more critical to the region and to the United States interests, like it or not, than a stable Afghanistan.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons emphasizes the importance of a stable Pakistan over Afghanistan for U.S. interests.

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