KEYWORD: Financial; Foreign Influence DIGEST: Applicant met his burden to present sufficient evidence to explain and mitigate his history of financial problems. But he did not meet his burden to present sufficient evidence to explain, extenuate, or mitigate the security concern for foreign influence based on family ties, chiefly his spouse, to Sudan. Clearance denied. CASE NO: 19-00657.h1 DATE: 04/27/2021