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On the recordMarch 2, 2020
I very much view our focus at, because we are a development agency first and foremost, is to enter into fragile states and developing states and not just where it is easiest.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

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Lee emphasizes the agency's commitment to developing fragile states.

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