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Lindsey Graham: “Has the world gotten 2.6 percent more dangerous? I would say it has.”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2012
Has the world gotten 2.6 percent more dangerous? I would say it has.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham questions the adequacy of a proposed increase in foreign aid.

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