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On the recordMarch 8, 2017
Do you think that lack of security and economic opportunity provide an opening for some of our adversaries to exert influence in these areas?
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren inquires about adversaries exploiting instability in Central America.

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