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Patrick Leahy: “For $25,000, this well with clean water helped this group protect more than 100,000 people from the threat of cholera.”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2012
For $25,000, this well with clean water helped this group protect more than 100,000 people from the threat of cholera.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Highlighting the impact of U.S. funding on clean water initiatives in Haiti.

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