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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Silk Road Strategy Act of 2006 - Sets forth congressional findings and expresses the sense of Congress with respect to U.S. political, diplomatic, and economic interests in, and the democaratic and stable development of, Central Asia and the South Caucasus. </p>]]></text>
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