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Patrick Leahy: I can understand the concerns of the Senator from Louisiana and the Senator from New Mexico. I join the chairman of the…

On the recordApril 3, 2003
I can understand the concerns of the Senator from Louisiana and the Senator from New Mexico. I join the chairman of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee in his view that the State Department should continue to carry out ATAP courses at Louisiana State University and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Discussing the continuation of ATAP courses at specific universities.

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