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        <ExplanationTxt>TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY ABROAD THROUGH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM AND A PEER-TO-PEER DIALOGUE INVOLVING ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM EMERGING OR NEWLY ESTABLISHED DEMOCRACIES WITH A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF CURRENT AND FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 9</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>JAMES C SLATTERY JOHN PORTER CHARLES DENT JOHN TANNER BLANCHE LINCOLN PHILIP ENGLISH RODNEY DAVIS FREDERICK UPTON THOMAS PETRI JONAS MARTIN FROST THOMAS DAVIS MICHAEL KOPETSKI</ExplanationTxt>
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