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Chris Dodd: “The total amount we spend--my colleague can correct me--is about $18.5 billion total--domestic and foreign, all the…”

On the recordApril 13, 2000
The total amount we spend--my colleague can correct me--is about $18.5 billion total--domestic and foreign, all the efforts. Of the $18.5 billion, if one excludes the Colombian plan money, it is about $1.5 billion out of the--three my colleague is about to say?
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

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Discussing budget allocations for domestic and foreign efforts.

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