Internal USAID 400 page list provides snapshot of Trump cuts

The Hill: “A nearly 400-page list provided to Congress may give rare insight into the scope of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which have already roiled the global humanitarian community and shut down programs around the world.  Some of the cuts on the list appear to impact lifesaving services — such as HIV, tuberculosis and malaria prevention, along with maternal and baby health — which would contradict a Trump administration commitment to continue such programs under the State Department’s umbrella.  Ending those programs would also hurt Americans, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a statement to The Hill.  “The Trump administration’s slash-and-burn approach to U.S. foreign assistance, including lifesaving programs, is putting Americans at risk from infectious diseases like Ebola and drug-resistant TB,” she said, referring to tuberculosis (TB).  “These cuts also hurt American farmers whose crops nourish severely malnourished people in conflict situations and diminish our global stature and ability to compete with global adversaries, like China and Russia.” Other items on the list run the gamut from cybersecurity assistance to administrative resources like printers, conference tables and car maintenance.”

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