Is the Senator aware that the foreign ops appropriation increased by 11 percent in 2009 and 33 percent last year? Yet the Senator is saying we can't trim 5 percent from that budget? Am I hearing the Senator correctly? We increased it 46 percent in 2 years, and we can't cut 5 percent?
Senator Coburn is questioning budget increases in foreign operations appropriations.
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We have a very serious problem from the point of view of deterring particularly a country such as Iran or North Korea.
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