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Mark Warner: “I believe--my personal belief is--that the United States and the west writ large was a little bit asleep at the switch.”

On the recordApril 13, 2021
I believe--my personal belief is--that the United States and the west writ large was a little bit asleep at the switch.
Said by
Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Warns about the U.S. being unprepared for China's technological rise.

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