Critics also accused Mutharika of jeopardizing international relations and risking foreign aid that benefits the nation's poor.

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Under these circumstances, a special premium should be placed on the allocation of Defense Department resources in ways that provide multiplied benefits to the Nation.

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For example, as this Committee well knows, such programs have in the past stimulated great interest and enrollment in engineering and science programs, with long-term benefits for the nation.

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