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Alcee Hastings: I cannot say that the morale is high in Argentina, I do not know that. I can tell the gentleman about Angola and about…

On the recordJune 11, 1997
I cannot say that the morale is high in Argentina, I do not know that. I can tell the gentleman about Angola and about Zaire, the former Congo. I can tell the gentleman about the Ukraine, where 25 percent of all of what the Embassy does is expedite U.S. business problems. That is where the gentleman is shortsighted, Mr. Chairman. The gentleman is thinking that the money just goes out and the residual does not leave an impact in the United States of America. It has a tremendous impact, what Embassies do to help American businesses; but even more important, American citizens. We cannot have people, either in tourism or in business, all over the world and not have our facilities to help them.
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Alcee Hastings
Florida

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Discussing the role of U.S. embassies in supporting American businesses and citizens abroad.

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