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John Kerry: If our economic aid is significantly larger--i.e., tripled, as Senator Lugar and I have proposed--we will finally be…

On the recordMay 11, 2009
If our economic aid is significantly larger--i.e., tripled, as Senator Lugar and I have proposed--we will finally be able to make these choices.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Kerry advocates for increased economic aid to influence military assistance decisions.

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