On the recordMay 22, 2017
If you meet your commitments first, if it is verifiable, if it is audited, if it is consistent with what we thought we agreed to do, you can get 50 percent of the overall budget.
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Lankford discusses incentivizing countries to fulfill commitments for funding.
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