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Cory Booker: I would question whether they were effective--and thank you very much--and we are spending hundreds and hundreds of…

On the recordJanuary 19, 2016
I would question whether they were effective--and thank you very much--and we are spending hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money on things like Voice of America and not on the programs that you have such a specialty in.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Booker questions the effectiveness of Cold War programs funded by taxpayer money.

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