You don't make a country great through retreat; you make a country weak through retreat.
Gerry Connolly: “You don't make a country great through retreat; you make a country weak through retreat.”
On the recordJuly 26, 2017
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Connolly argues that significant aid cuts weaken U.S. influence and empower China.
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