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Carl Levin: “I need to, as far as this one vote is concerned, to believe that those goals not only are at the top, but have…”

On the recordApril 6, 2009
I need to, as far as this one vote is concerned, to believe that those goals not only are at the top, but have sufficiently permeated the down-below elements of the Pakistani Government and military so that the aid would be effective.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin emphasizes the need for effective goals in Pakistani aid.

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