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Jeanne Shaheen: “I was also very disappointed to see that what appears to be a zeroing out of the countering violent extremism section of…”

On the recordMay 24, 2017
I was also very disappointed to see that what appears to be a zeroing out of the countering violent extremism section of your budget.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen criticizes the budget for eliminating funding for countering violent extremism.

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