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Bob Menendez: “If we fail to invest in our geo-economic tools, if we fail to replenish the sources of our competitiveness here at home…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2021
If we fail to invest in our geo-economic tools, if we fail to replenish the sources of our competitiveness here at home, we will find that while we still may dominate in the old domains and traditional measures of military power, the world has moved on and we will be left behind.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Warns about the risks of neglecting geo-economic competitiveness.

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