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On the recordApril 9, 2024
What keeps you up at night? What are the unfunded priorities that you think we really need to take a hard look at in the Indo-Pacific?
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

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Senator Schatz questions military priorities in the Indo-Pacific region.

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