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Adam Smith: “Access to overseas markets is critical to our economic growth.”

On the recordNovember 1, 2011
Access to overseas markets is critical to our economic growth.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Links military presence to economic access and growth.

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