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Carolyn Maloney: “We put in a bill that $60 million of our aid to Afghanistan would go to NGOs either headed by women or helping women.”

On the recordNovember 28, 2012
We put in a bill that $60 million of our aid to Afghanistan would go to NGOs either headed by women or helping women.
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Carolyn Maloney
Democratic · New York

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Maloney discusses legislation supporting Afghan women amidst Taliban oppression.

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