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Steve Chabot: “I oppose the Pivot to Asia if by that phrase we mean redirecting our military focus to a place where there are few reefs…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2015
I oppose the Pivot to Asia if by that phrase we mean redirecting our military focus to a place where there are few reefs that we can quibble about at a time when ISIS and the Iranian-led Shiite alliance are killing tens of thousands of people and killing as many Americans as they can.
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Steve Chabot
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Chabot criticizes the military focus on Asia over pressing issues in the Middle East.

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