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Gary Peters: “The administration has proposed cutting roughly about 30 percent from the State Department budget, and I'm sure that a…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2017
The administration has proposed cutting roughly about 30 percent from the State Department budget, and I'm sure that a cut of that magnitude will have significant impact on a lot of what the State Department does.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Discussing the potential impact of budget cuts on international marine debris efforts.

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