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First time this petty, racist, Kremlin hack could directly affect my income.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/us/politics/foreign-aid-freeze-congress.html
U.S. Orders Freeze of Foreign Aid, Bypassing Congress
The Trump administration has ordered the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development to freeze much of the remaining money for foreign aid this year, in a move that suggests the funding could be cut altogether.
The decision, issued in a letter by the Office of Management and Budget, covers a broad range of foreign aid that Congress had already approved. It halted, as of Saturday, the agencies’ ability to distribute what the decision’s critics estimated to be $2 billion to $4 billion of funding.
“This administration’s contempt for Congress is astounding,” Representative Eliot L. Engel, Democrat of New York and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a statement on Wednesday. “When Congress decides how much we spend on foreign assistance, it isn’t a suggestion. It’s the law, backed up by the Constitution.”
Critics of the order noted that the funding was less than one-tenth of one percent of the federal budget.
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This asshole first cut aid to Palestinians and Central America, likely exacerbating the border crisis, and now wants to interfere with funds already approved?? Why??
Oh wait...I know why.
https://www.devex.com/news/usaid-co...ework-is-not-about-russia-officials-say-95380
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s new “Countering Malign Kremlin Influence” framework should not be seen as an attempt to divide countries between the United States and Russia, according to agency officials.
“This is not about giving countries that we’re helping with our assistance a choice of whether they need to go with Russia, or the United States, or the European Union. What we’re saying is, we want to give the countries that we’re working with the ability to make their own choices,” said Brock Bierman, USAID assistant administrator for Europe and Eurasia.
USAID released the framework, also known as CMKI, on July 4, on the sidelines of the G-7 development ministerial in Paris. The framework, which focuses on countries where Russia has exerted influence — and where USAID also works — includes four main objectives, summarized in a three-page document: counter efforts to undermine democratic institutions and the rule of law; resist the manipulation of information; reduce energy vulnerabilities; and reduce economic vulnerabilities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/us/politics/foreign-aid-freeze-congress.html
U.S. Orders Freeze of Foreign Aid, Bypassing Congress
The Trump administration has ordered the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development to freeze much of the remaining money for foreign aid this year, in a move that suggests the funding could be cut altogether.
The decision, issued in a letter by the Office of Management and Budget, covers a broad range of foreign aid that Congress had already approved. It halted, as of Saturday, the agencies’ ability to distribute what the decision’s critics estimated to be $2 billion to $4 billion of funding.
“This administration’s contempt for Congress is astounding,” Representative Eliot L. Engel, Democrat of New York and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a statement on Wednesday. “When Congress decides how much we spend on foreign assistance, it isn’t a suggestion. It’s the law, backed up by the Constitution.”
Critics of the order noted that the funding was less than one-tenth of one percent of the federal budget.
—
This asshole first cut aid to Palestinians and Central America, likely exacerbating the border crisis, and now wants to interfere with funds already approved?? Why??
Oh wait...I know why.
https://www.devex.com/news/usaid-co...ework-is-not-about-russia-officials-say-95380
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s new “Countering Malign Kremlin Influence” framework should not be seen as an attempt to divide countries between the United States and Russia, according to agency officials.
“This is not about giving countries that we’re helping with our assistance a choice of whether they need to go with Russia, or the United States, or the European Union. What we’re saying is, we want to give the countries that we’re working with the ability to make their own choices,” said Brock Bierman, USAID assistant administrator for Europe and Eurasia.
USAID released the framework, also known as CMKI, on July 4, on the sidelines of the G-7 development ministerial in Paris. The framework, which focuses on countries where Russia has exerted influence — and where USAID also works — includes four main objectives, summarized in a three-page document: counter efforts to undermine democratic institutions and the rule of law; resist the manipulation of information; reduce energy vulnerabilities; and reduce economic vulnerabilities.
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