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Gerry Connolly: “Aid is a tool. It is an investment. It has a return on it.”

On the recordMay 8, 2012
Aid is a tool. It is an investment. It has a return on it.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Connolly describes foreign aid as an investment with potential returns.

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