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Bob Menendez: “Fragility breeds instability which often spills over artificially constructed borders. Terrorism, infectious disease…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2018
Fragility breeds instability which often spills over artificially constructed borders. Terrorism, infectious disease, mass migration and climate change--these do not respect national borders.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez warns that instability in fragile states affects global security and cannot be contained.

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