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Bennie Thompson: “Providing the authority won't address the fact that the Trump administration lacks a coherent, Government-wide strategy…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2018
Providing the authority won't address the fact that the Trump administration lacks a coherent, Government-wide strategy to adequately address the challenges we continue to face from Russia and China.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson argues that new authority won't solve strategic issues under Trump administration.

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