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On the recordMarch 26, 2019
How are you ensuring that countering violent extremism activities in your AOR do not perpetuate and aggravate the underlying conditions that so often lead to extremism?
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Jim Langevin
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Langevin questions the effectiveness of counter-extremism efforts in addressing root causes.

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