Samantha Power: “Putin is still pretending, lying, and claiming that this is a special military operation.”

In Ukraine, for example, USAID has helped farmers withstand Putin's attempts to destroy the agricultural sector.

I think we are, you know, spending somewhere around $250 million in, I think, we have 80,000 females that we have brought into mediation roles, peace building roles, you know, through that programming.

the pushback shows the strength of civil society and the citizen power in Georgia to chart its own course or to fulfill its own democratic aspirations.

Under President Biden's leadership and in partnership with this Committee, we are building on that remarkable legacy.