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On the recordMay 4, 2011
How likely is it that this billion dollars will translate into any credit for the United States in what we are trying to do?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin questions the effectiveness of U.S. aid in improving its image abroad.

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