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Robert C. Byrd: “We do not need another foreign aid budget, and we do not need another foreign relations department.”

On the recordSeptember 22, 2003
We do not need another foreign aid budget, and we do not need another foreign relations department.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
congress.gov
Sep 22, 2003

Editor's note · Context

Byrd opposes the creation of a separate foreign aid budget for the Secretary of Defense.

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