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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJuly 6, 2016
NATO has to become a more agile organization, and it has to become more responsive to the needs that are being--the threats that are coming our way, collectively.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii
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Hirono emphasizes the need for NATO to adapt to emerging threats.

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