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Dick Lugar: It's not going to go away. And unfortunately in this region, as I mentioned in my opening remarks, you have failed…

On the recordApril 29, 2009
It's not going to go away. And unfortunately in this region, as I mentioned in my opening remarks, you have failed states, and other states are perhaps on the verge of failing.
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

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Lugar warns that piracy will persist due to unstable states in the region.

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