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On the recordJune 14, 2017
If I could add, your first question about the cuts and the proposed cuts on the State Department, in my opening statement, I characterized it as unilateral disarmament.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline criticizes proposed State Department cuts as weakening U.S. influence in the region.

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