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Smitha Rajan is an Alfred Friendly fellow and an assistant editor at DNA, a daily English-language publication in Ahmedebad, India, where she oversees a staff of 12 and writes under the byline Smitha R.

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Karl Racine
stated on June 12, 2017 in a press conference:

"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, whose government has important business and policy before the president of the United States, has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the Trump International Hotel."

By Smitha Rajan • June 19, 2017
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 25, 2017 in a tweet:

Says President Donald "Trump’s budget gives a $100 billion tax break to three of the wealthiest families."

By Smitha Rajan • May 31, 2017
Donald Trump
stated on May 17, 2017 in a U.S. Coast Guard commencement speech :

"I’m proud to say that under my administration, as you just heard, we will be building the first new heavy icebreakers the United States has seen in over 40 years."

By Smitha Rajan • May 24, 2017
James Rockall
stated on May 9, 2017 in a tweet:

"More (people) die from indoor air pollution than from malaria, HIV/AIDS and TB combined."

By Smitha Rajan • May 18, 2017
Matt Damon
stated on April 20, 2017 in a discussion with the president of the World Bank:

Poor people pay "in some cases, up to 25 percent of (their) income for water."

By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2017