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Beto O'Rourke: “Not that the United States needs to bear that burden on its own, but just so that we know what that number is.”

On the recordApril 3, 2014
Not that the United States needs to bear that burden on its own, but just so that we know what that number is.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas

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O'Rourke discusses the need for international cooperation in funding security measures.

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