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Bob Menendez: So, instead of a threat, it would be welcomed.

On the recordFebruary 3, 2010
So, instead of a threat, it would be welcomed.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Menendez suggests that higher paid diaspora workers would be welcomed rather than seen as a threat.

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