The administration's proposal to slash approximately 30 percent from the State Department and foreign assistance budget signals an American retreat, leaving a vacuum and making us far less safe.
On the recordJune 12, 2017
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Graham criticizes budget cuts to the State Department as harmful to U.S. security.
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