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On the recordSeptember 22, 2003
If we are going to say this is like the Marshall Plan, then let's start doing things the way it was done back then.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy emphasizes the need to follow the original principles of the Marshall Plan.

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