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Barbara Boxer: “We can't keep building bridges in Baghdad and Kandahar and not Baltimore and Kansas City.”

On the recordJuly 20, 2011
We can't keep building bridges in Baghdad and Kandahar and not Baltimore and Kansas City.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Critiques prioritization of foreign infrastructure over domestic needs.

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