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On the recordJanuary 10, 2017
I certainly agree with that. And does that mean that you will commit to continuing those programs, if you are confirmed as Secretary of State?
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire
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Shaheen asks Tillerson about continuing women's empowerment programs.

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