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Grace Meng: “I appreciate you saying that you are prioritizing it. I am concerned that we will not be able to do that if so many…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2019
I appreciate you saying that you are prioritizing it. I am concerned that we will not be able to do that if so many resources have been stripped from the State Department.
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Grace Meng
Democratic · New York

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Meng highlights worries about resource cuts impacting State Department priorities.

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