Robert Gates: “Our civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been…”

On the recordJanuary 21, 2009

Our civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long.

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Gates highlights the lack of resources for U.S. diplomacy and development.

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