Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations for 1998: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, Volume 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997 - Economic assistance, American |
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... Soviet Union and Eastern Europe . Part of this is , again , designed to dig us out of a hole . We , again , went from a Russia program that had something like $ 2 billion in it a few years ago down to $ 98 million . What we are ...
... Soviet Union and Eastern Europe . Part of this is , again , designed to dig us out of a hole . We , again , went from a Russia program that had something like $ 2 billion in it a few years ago down to $ 98 million . What we are ...
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... Soviet Union ( $ 900M ) : • Funds under this request will be used to support these countries as they make the transition to market economies and democracies as responsible members of the international community . In Fiscal Year 1998 a ...
... Soviet Union ( $ 900M ) : • Funds under this request will be used to support these countries as they make the transition to market economies and democracies as responsible members of the international community . In Fiscal Year 1998 a ...
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... SOVIET UNION Mr. TORRES . What about the Soviet Union ? Mr. ATWOOD . The former Soviet Union has a per capita income somewhat different than in the developing world and has a great deal of human resource capacity , because of the good ...
... SOVIET UNION Mr. TORRES . What about the Soviet Union ? Mr. ATWOOD . The former Soviet Union has a per capita income somewhat different than in the developing world and has a great deal of human resource capacity , because of the good ...
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... Soviet Union . I meant the former Soviet Union . Mr. ATWOOD . Right . Mr. TORRES . Thank you . Mr. CALLAHAN . I might point out both Mrs. Pelosi and Mr. Torres have mentioned Latin America and their concern for Latin America . So it is ...
... Soviet Union . I meant the former Soviet Union . Mr. ATWOOD . Right . Mr. TORRES . Thank you . Mr. CALLAHAN . I might point out both Mrs. Pelosi and Mr. Torres have mentioned Latin America and their concern for Latin America . So it is ...
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... Soviets , the Communists , to take over his country . But there is a different standard today . We expect that we are going to be able to achieve results . We can't do that unless we are working with people like Museveni in Uganda or ...
... Soviets , the Communists , to take over his country . But there is a different standard today . We expect that we are going to be able to achieve results . We can't do that unless we are working with people like Museveni in Uganda or ...
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