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> similar to the confusion and fierce debate I see around wrestling control of TikTok, which have largely been blamed on China, but the concern around uncensored videos of atrocities committed in the middle east

I worked on the TikTok bill. Middle East stuff never came up.

It might have had a role in New York and Michigan. But most of the debate, drafting and lobbying was in respect of national security, trade policy and a touch of Taiwan policy.

When you have a pet issue you tend to see everything through it. My pet war was Ukraine. For a time I had to fight the impulse to classify everything as a derivative of it.





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