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Robert C. Byrd: “I am convinced that the kind of foreign aid programs we have been financing so promiscuously all over the world in…”

On the recordNovember 10, 1971
I am convinced that the kind of foreign aid programs we have been financing so promiscuously all over the world in recent years have long since outlived their usefulness and, in many instances, have been counterproductive.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Nov 10, 1971

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Explaining opposition to foreign aid authorizations and appropriations.

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