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Lindsey Graham: “I just don't see how, given the displacement of this many people and no end in sight, that 77 percent reduction in…”

On the recordJune 12, 2017
I just don't see how, given the displacement of this many people and no end in sight, that 77 percent reduction in disaster assistance is consistent with the threats we face from the disasters that are going on all over the world.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham criticizes the reduction in disaster assistance amid global crises.

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