John Kerry: “I believe that we should move part of our 5 percent of GNP of the…”

On the recordJuly 21, 2009

I believe that we should move part of our 5 percent of GNP of the military budget, a small fraction of 1 percent, to official development assistance.

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Kerry suggests reallocating military budget to development assistance.

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John Kerry: “I believe that we should move part of our 5 percent of GNP of the military budget, a small fraction of 1 percent, to…”