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President Trump has an unconventional way of doing things,
Kagame said in an interview with CNN reporter Larry Madowo from Monday I think from being hurt, we might learn some lessons,
The goal of our endeavor has always been to identify programs that work and continue them and to identify programs that are not aligned with our national interest and identify those and address them,
Rubio said Thursday during a visit to the Dominican Republic If it’s providing food or medicine or anything that is saving lives and is immediate and urgent, you’re not included in the freeze. I don’t know how much more clear we can be than that,
Rubio said, questioning the competency of organizations that haven’t applied for a waiver The work we do on behalf of the US government provides critical health commodities to address HIV/AIDS and malaria around the world, supports efforts to curb migration from Central America, engages the US agriculture partners and know how to support Ukrainian food production, and supports democracies throughout the world,
a spokesperson for Chemonics said in a statement A lot of displaced people and a lot of people who are caught in famine and other crises could be harmed, if not gravely harmed, if not killed by this pullback of aid,
Konyndyk said, warning of the wide-reaching impact on refugees in Sudan, Syria and Gaza If a partner proceeds without clarity on what they are allowed to do under their award and under this executive order, then they are taking an enormous risk,
Everything has been shut down,
one source with knowledge of the operations at Chemonics, one of the largest USAID contractors, told CNN That work is grounded to a halt because there’s no staff to manage it, and there’s no staff in DC to answer questions from partners,
one USAID employee told CNN These payments would be for completed work required by existing contracts and for which contractors had already spent the money,
the council said in a statement, calling on the government to “pay its bills.” Our payment systems have been taken over. We no longer can pay. We don’t have staff,
The waiver is 100% meaningless to us,
the USAID official told CNN earlier this week Continued access to any payment systems by DOGE members, even ‘read only,’ likely poses the single greatest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced,
read the email to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service Our members trust him, which is really important,
Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters of Vance this week Future generations will marvel that it wasn't China's actions that eroded U.S. standing and global security, paving the way for Beijing to become the partner of choice around the world."
Former USAID administrator Samantha Power in a New York Times oped Mine and cluster munition clearance, along with the removal of other explosive remnants of war, will continue with financial support from the Cambodian government and other donor countries outside of the US,
it said, according to the Phnom Penh Post If China does not help, CMAC will not have enough funds to continue demining in Cambodia, making the support from China particularly important for the ongoing clearance efforts."
Seun Sam, a policy analyst at the Royal Academy of Cambodia, quoted in Kiripost This is a 12-month project and will support over 400 CMAC technical experts,
he wrote in a post on Facebook USAID, run by radical lunatics, and we're getting them out, and then we'll make a decision."
President Donald Trump told reporters on February 2: Like many humanitarian organisations across the globe, Goal receives US foreign assistance and the work of our teams has been impacted by the recent suspension of this foreign assistance in some of our countries of operation. However, we have secured a number of waivers from the US Government to continue our life-saving work in countries such as Syria, where we provide life-saving services for over two million people
