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Bob Menendez: Funding for the region suggests that it is not a priority for this administration and that we haven't yet made the…

On the recordMarch 15, 2011
Funding for the region suggests that it is not a priority for this administration and that we haven't yet made the connection between poverty, citizen security, transnational crime, narcotics trafficking, and U.S. interests.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez criticizes the administration's lack of prioritization for Latin American funding.

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