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Mike McCaul: “So if we sit back as the No. 1 force, military force, in the world, we will watch in the next decade that Mandarin will…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2023
So if we sit back as the No. 1 force, military force, in the world, we will watch in the next decade that Mandarin will replace English as the second language in Latin America.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas

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McCaul warns of the potential dominance of Chinese language and influence in Latin America.

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