Mitt Romney actually said...
the DFC effort not to say, just how can we alleviate poverty around the world, and how--because that is a task monumentally beyond our financial capacity, to instead say which things are specifically in the interest, the national security interests of the United States of America, particularly as it relates to China.
Context
Romney emphasizes focusing on U.S. national security interests over global poverty alleviation.
10/03/2023