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Joe Biden: “Unless I can secure the area first, there is no likelihood that the resources in the rest of my country are going to be…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2003
Unless I can secure the area first, there is no likelihood that the resources in the rest of my country are going to be the province of or under the control of the central government.
Said by
Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
Source
congress.gov
Feb 12, 2003

Editor's note · Context

Biden relays President Karzai's concerns about securing areas before resource development.

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