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Dick Durbin: And, do we really want U.S. consumer and direct investment dollars going to support Chinese sales of weapons to…

On the recordJune 18, 2007
And, do we really want U.S. consumer and direct investment dollars going to support Chinese sales of weapons to dangerous dictatorships around the globe?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
Source
congress.gov
Jun 18, 2007

Editor's note · Context

Concern over U.S. investments supporting Chinese arms sales to dictatorships.

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