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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
National
Lindsay Wise and Bryan Lowry

Pompeo defends Trump's proposed budget cuts to State Department

WASHINGTON _ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday that big funding cuts proposed for his agency won't hurt America's "swagger" abroad.

The Trump administration's budget plan, released Monday, would slash the budget for the State Department and international programs by more than 23 percent.

In an interview Monday with McClatchy's Kansas City Star and Wichita Eagle, Pompeo said he was deeply involved in preparing the budget and would support it before Congress.

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