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Steny Hoyer: “If we don't leverage our considerable influence to help resolve this crisis, our ability to influence events on the…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2014
If we don't leverage our considerable influence to help resolve this crisis, our ability to influence events on the continent of increasing economic, political and security importance will also surely shrink.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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Steny Hoyer warned that U.S. influence in Africa is at risk without intervention.

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