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Adam Smith: “If you are going to cut the State Department, you better give me more ammunition.”

On the recordMarch 25, 2019
If you are going to cut the State Department, you better give me more ammunition.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Adam Smith criticizes cuts to the State Department while increasing military spending.

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