Do you anticipate at some point, if not already, that the United States will need to step up and potentially provide Colombia with assistance, along with the international community, to deal with the pressures being created by these large number of refugees flowing into Colombia from Venezuela?
Marco Rubio: “Do you anticipate at some point, if not already, that the United States will need to step up and potentially provide…”
On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
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Rubio questions the need for U.S. assistance to Colombia amid refugee crisis.
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