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Tammy Bruce: “We, in fact, have cut the budget for the first time in…”

Featuring: Tammy Bruce, Spokesperson, United States Department of State | National

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In 2024, the UN spent $340 million on meetings and conferences. We also have had some terrific success in just the few months that we've been there. At this point, We, in fact, have cut the budget for the first time in modern [history] through budget negotiations by over a half a billion dollars. We also have made sure that we've got about 2,900 bureaucratic slots of workers that has been cut. We are giving it a haircut. We've only just begun. (03:00–03:10)

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Asserts that the U.S. has negotiated a budget cut of over half a billion dollars at the UN.

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