Session #101 · 1989–91

Speech #1010162838

That is not the kind of foreign aid Americans will supportcertainly not Vermonters. In that same bill. the administration proposes to reduce developmmt aid to the Third World. It would cut aid to black Africa which is suffering from famine. millions of homeless refugees. economic collapse. huge foreign debt. poverty and misery on an unprecedented scale. A fraction of the hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid and disguised rent we give to nations for anachronistic bases and access could help alleviate the real threats to global securityoverpopulation. illiteracy. disease. environmental degradation. and poverty. Some examples: With Just 10 percent of our military aid-$500 millionwe could nearly double our bilateral economic assistance to black Africa. the region of deepest poverty In the world.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
PATRICK LEAHY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
VT
Gender
M
Date
1990-06-06
Speech ID
1010162838
Paragraph
#0
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