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Ed Markey: The deep cuts to international affairs spending in your budget proposal is an approach to American foreign policy that…

On the recordJune 12, 2017
The deep cuts to international affairs spending in your budget proposal is an approach to American foreign policy that is nothing less than a devastating assault on America's interests and values.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Critiques budget cuts to international affairs as harmful to U.S. interests.

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