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Cory Booker: “I am wondering how we can respond and show leadership and expect other countries to follow when the President has made…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2017
I am wondering how we can respond and show leadership and expect other countries to follow when the President has made our foreign assistance such a low priority.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Questions U.S. foreign aid cuts and their impact on global leadership.

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