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Al Green: “I share his concern. Not being on either foreign affairs committee but from the Committee on Commerce I have watched…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 1998
I share his concern. Not being on either foreign affairs committee but from the Committee on Commerce I have watched, and the concern I have is that when we are dealing with the central Asian republics and the republic of Turkey, we cannot continue to turn our back on this part of the world. That is why I rise and agree with my colleague from Texas.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

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Discussing U.S. foreign policy towards Central Asia and Turkey.

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