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Mazie Hirono: Would the Department consider economic expansion to CNMI a threat to security in the Pacific region?

On the recordSeptember 16, 2015
Would the Department consider economic expansion to CNMI a threat to security in the Pacific region?
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Hirono questions if Chinese expansion poses a security threat in the Pacific.

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