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On the recordJuly 16, 2025
But taking a chainsaw to all of our foreign assistance programs over a weekend and eliminating 84% of them is not a strategic and thoughtful approach.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen criticizes the abrupt cuts to foreign assistance programs.

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