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Cory Booker: “The feeling that I got from my trip recently was this feeling of neglect, not just from our foreign countries, but in…”

On the recordApril 11, 2018
The feeling that I got from my trip recently was this feeling of neglect, not just from our foreign countries, but in many ways a yearning for more engagement from the State Department.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Booker expresses concern over U.S. neglect in Africa and calls for increased engagement.

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