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Well, I appreciate all this information.

I know it's pretty heavy, but it's good that we have this information to hopefully get some solutions down the road.

Thank you so much for joining us, Michael Wurz, who is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Really appreciate your sharing your expertise.

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