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Patrick Leahy: “Foreign assistance actually accounts for only a fraction of 1 percent of the Federal budget.”

On the recordApril 23, 2018
Foreign assistance actually accounts for only a fraction of 1 percent of the Federal budget.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy clarifies the small percentage of the budget allocated to foreign aid.

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