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On the recordJuly 16, 2017
To suggest, as I have heard, the possibility of folding USAID into State, to me, is alarming.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Expressing alarm over the potential merging of USAID into the State Department.

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