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Mike Lee: “While I do not think it is the role of the United States to partition and re-draw borders on the other side of the…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
While I do not think it is the role of the United States to partition and re-draw borders on the other side of the world, I am also greatly concerned that we could be ineffectively employing our national security resources by continuing to support governing constructs that may be flawed in the first place.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Lee expresses concern over U.S. involvement in foreign borders and national security resources.

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