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If you apply the adage Follow the money, the security of our diplomats has become almost as important as the diplomacy they practice. State Department appropriations for the next fiscal year -- part of the $447 billion spending measure Congress passed this weekend -- include $8.2 billion for diplomatic and consular programs. Of that, $2.7 billion is for human resources, i.e., people; $2.5 billion is for overseas programs that directly ...
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