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Mitt Romney: “Spending money around the world to alleviate things that we wish would go away, but we are never going to get there…”

On the recordOctober 4, 2023
Spending money around the world to alleviate things that we wish would go away, but we are never going to get there, would only make sense, in my view, if it has a strategic significance for us.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Romney emphasizes the need for strategic significance in foreign spending.

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