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Mark Pocan: “They went after usaid and they make it sound like cause a…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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I've yet to hear them really talk seriously about the Pentagon at all as they're talking about savings. But They went after usaid and they make it sound like cause a lot of people don't realize how foreign aid benefits them here at home. but it does quite a bit. And I think sometimes we don't talk about it in as plain and simple as way as we need to. (02:06–02:14)

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Asserts that foreign aid is beneficial domestically, despite being targeted for cuts.

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