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Dick Lugar: I think we have every reason in the world to understand that every time we provide credit to a farmer who is displaced…

On the recordJuly 21, 2009
I think we have every reason in the world to understand that every time we provide credit to a farmer who is displaced or training to a woman who wants to run a business out of her home that we are creating stability and security throughout the world, and that is in the national interest of the United States.
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

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Emphasizes the importance of foreign assistance for U.S. national security.

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