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Brian Schatz: “We have to make the affirmative case for foreign aid.”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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A Conversation With Senator Brian Schatz

Published | Video Starts at 48:04

… people who might actually agree with Trump's America first policy, that it is important for us to have this influence, to have to wield the soft power in the world. We have to make the affirmative case for foreign aid. We have to make the affirmative case for America kicking ass, not just because we've got the strongest military in the world, but because we are the good guys and … (48:04–48:09)

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Asserts the necessity of advocating for foreign aid.

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