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On the recordMay 22, 2018
How have the Trump administration's funding cuts to stabilization and assistance programs... hurt our ability to defend against terror threats?
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi
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Thompson questions the impact of funding cuts on national security.

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