John Kerry: “I am not going to gut the State Department and come up here because we…”

On the recordApril 17, 2013

I am not going to gut the State Department and come up here because we have some new emergency contingency.

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Kerry emphasizes the importance of maintaining State Department funding despite emergencies.

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John Kerry: “I am not going to gut the State Department and come up here because we have some new emergency contingency.”