On the recordJuly 11, 2017
Gutting the budgets and State and USAID, as has been proposed by the Trump administration, will unilaterally disarm U.S. counterterrorism policy.
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congress.govTed Lieu: “Gutting the budgets and State and USAID, as has been proposed by the Trump administration, will unilaterally disarm U.S.…”
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Critique of proposed budget cuts affecting U.S. counterterrorism efforts.
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