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Trump Proposes Cutting State Department Budget By 37%
- The Wall Street Journal, Wednesday, March 1, 2017 12:43 PM
President Trump is expected to put out a budget proposal by mid-March. From what we have heard, he is planning to eviscerate the State Department and USAID budgets by 37%. At the same time, the President wants to increase defense spending by 10%. Chairman of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee Lindsey Graham said of the proposed cuts: “That is definitely dead on arrival.”
