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Tim Walz: “This is so cheap an investment to put money into our international food aid programs and the investment pays off now in…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2017
This is so cheap an investment to put money into our international food aid programs and the investment pays off now in saved lives and in the future in relationships that we simply can't build in any other way. It's soft diplomacy, it's cheap diplomacy, and it works. Thank you.
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Tim Walz
Democratic · Minnesota

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Walz emphasizes the value of investing in international food aid for diplomacy.

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