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Chris Murphy: “Let me just quickly maybe try to put a finer point on a concern that continues to be raised about President Trump's…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2017
Let me just quickly maybe try to put a finer point on a concern that continues to be raised about President Trump's budget blueprint that proposes cutting State Department and USAID by somewhere in the neighborhood of one quarter to one third of its present funding.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Expressing concern over proposed budget cuts to State Department and USAID.

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