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On the recordApril 2, 2014
What steps have we taken to ensure that that does not happen, that that balance is not unsettled to the point where you are actually inviting China to do something like that?
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Rubio questions U.S. actions to prevent Chinese aggression towards Taiwan.

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