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On the recordJune 27, 2017
I was disappointed in the budget. I said this to Secretary Tillerson as well. It cuts our support for key peacekeeping efforts in the United Nations by nearly 40 percent.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel expresses disappointment over budget cuts to UN peacekeeping efforts.

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