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Blake Moore: “Russia's very interested in opening [Arctic shipping lanes]…”

Featuring: Blake Moore, Republican | U.S. House Utah, 1st Congressional District

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Congressman Blake Moore Joins NewsNation to Discuss Greendland, Denmark

Published | Video Starts at 05:00

It's more of a talking point than there's actionable work that can be done on that front right now. I think there's more focus that needs to be done on potential Arctic shipping lanes. Russia's very interested in opening [Arctic shipping lanes] up and sort of taking and seizing more control in that particular region. I think that's more of an imminent issue then where we're going to be able to move to get to these rare earths. (05:00–05:07)

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Asserts Russia's interest in controlling Arctic shipping lanes.

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