By Ben Armbruster
Tonight during the CBS/National Journal GOP presidential foreign policy debate, Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) said that if he were president, every country is going to start at zero dollars in American foreign aid. We need a president of the United States working with a Congress that sends a clear message to every country. It doesnt make any difference whether its Pakistan, Afghanistan or whether its India, he said.
Later in the debate, debate co-moderater Scott Pelley read a question from Twitter that asked, Does governor Perrys foreign aid starts at zero include Israel? Absolutely, Perry said:
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