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Brad Sherman: It is said often by the proponents of foreign aid that it is the most poor and dispossessed that become terrorists and…

On the recordApril 24, 2013
It is said often by the proponents of foreign aid that it is the most poor and dispossessed that become terrorists and wage war against us.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman questions the narrative linking poverty and terrorism in relation to foreign aid.

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