Cutting #StateDepartment budget to fund #defense is dumb. Avoiding wars is cheaper than fighting them.
#Diplomacy
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/321395-retired-generals-urge-congress-to-fully-fund-diplomacy …
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Replying to @NGrossman81
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#StateDept budget doubled between 2007 and 2014 though - didn't necessarily help!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @craigsuperstar
Not exactly doubled, though it did increase. Still, how are you determining that it "didn't necessarily help"?pic.twitter.com/fXp7Xx58wv
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Replying to @NGrossman81
The apparatchik in charge at State lobbied for us to bomb Libya and Syria - expensive! Not to mention destabilizing Ukraine.
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Replying to @craigsuperstar
That has nothing to do with the State Department budget, one way or the other.
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Replying to @NGrossman81
Do you think a larger budget would have made a difference?
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Replying to @craigsuperstar
I think a 37% reduction, then or now, would create unnecessary risk.
5:44 PM - 28 Feb 2017
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