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Sam Farr: “We had small business development in Colombia. There was also a whole bunch of people working on educational television…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2011
We had small business development in Colombia. There was also a whole bunch of people working on educational television, which the country was implementing and needed teachers who knew how to do that, and technicians on how to run the studios and set it all up. We also had architects helping design public facilities and parks. You don't work on your own. You work with host country counterparts who are professionals like you are.
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California
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Mar 1, 2011

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The speaker discusses collaborative development efforts in Colombia.

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