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Mike Pompeo: “We should decide if this is in the American national interest.”

On the recordJanuary 24, 2012
We should decide if this is in the American national interest.
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Mike Pompeo
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Pompeo emphasizes the need for policy based on national interest, not company benefits.

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