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I found that the deterioration of the security situation and the persistence of violence in Somalia constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.

Context

Message to the Congress on Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Somalia

07/19/2012

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