The whole foreign assistance picture has become a hodgepodge of ill-conceived and often overlapping efforts and I believe the time has come for the United States to cease assisting countries that are fully capable of taking care of themselves.
Explaining opposition to the foreign aid bill.
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I hope that wherever you can share your views, you will, because it's pretty easy in history to see this.
My top priority will be to learn what challenges the DOD IG office needs to address and to ensure the adequacy of resources required to accomplish its mission.
The Department is firmly committed to working closely and openly with Congress in order to protect the health of our servicemembers.
In closing, may I say that the President's request includes $658 million for construction of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.
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