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Peter Welch: “Diplomacy is the job of the State Department. It's not the…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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And I'd have some confidence in Secretary Rubio taking a serious look at how that can be done. But for most, but that's already being done by and large, Diplomacy is the job of the State Department. It's not the same as development, which is what the USAID does. And you don't shut an agency down, freeze billions of dollars in authorized programs, silence, or remove entirely the senior staff and lock thousands of employees out of their offices. (10:51–11:00)

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Asserts that diplomacy is the responsibility of the State Department, while development is the role of USAID.

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