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Leaf: China has ‘actively acted’ against Mideast security
The State Department official warned of China’s growing influence in the region

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Barbara Leaf
Barbara Leaf, the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, told a Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Thursday that growing Chinese influence in the Middle East has made the region less safe.
Leaf argued that Chinese influence in...