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Chris Coons: I was struck that the budget request for this year for Zimbabwe, if I understood correctly, dropped almost $60 million…

On the recordDecember 11, 2017
I was struck that the budget request for this year for Zimbabwe, if I understood correctly, dropped almost $60 million from the previous year and included no requests for democracy and governance programs.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Coons highlights a significant budget cut affecting democracy programs in Zimbabwe.

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