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On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
the drug trade in these nations is really a drug trade where they are being used as a transit point for drugs
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Kaine explains that Central American countries serve as transit points for drugs heading to the U.S.

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