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On the recordMay 8, 2012
We cannot take the entitlement mentality to the issue of deploying U.S., scarce, limited, precious U.S. assets anywhere in the world.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly warns against viewing foreign aid as an entitlement.

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