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On the recordFebruary 16, 2005
What does it say about the state of our relations with all of these countries of the coalition of the willing, when, 2 years into the war against Iraq, the United States has to create a new foreign aid program to repay these countries for their support?
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Robert C. Byrd

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Byrd critiques the need for new foreign aid to support coalition partners.

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