Rep. Eugene Vindman: Without USAID We’ll Need to Triple Our Military Budget

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VINDMAN: “My name is Eugene Vindman. I spent 25 years in the Army defending this nation, wearing the uniform, and each and every one of those days we worked with our partners at USAID to keep this country strong and safe. (Applause) If we want to zero out the budget, 1 percent of the budget of this country, $40 billion, we better look at double or tripling the military budget, because without that soft power around the world, we are making ourselves weaker, we're making our adversaries and allies stronger.”