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Ed Markey: It is clear that a growing network of countries from the Indian Ocean through the Pacific yearn to participate in a…

On the recordMarch 28, 2017
It is clear that a growing network of countries from the Indian Ocean through the Pacific yearn to participate in a regional system, an American system that keeps them secure and allows them to prosper.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey discusses the desire of countries for a U.S.-led regional system.

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