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On the recordMarch 27, 2017
a 31-percent cut is going to cripple the Foreign and Civil Service and USAID. It will not be effective.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Connolly argues that budget cuts will harm U.S. foreign services.

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