Samantha Power: “Well, the first thing is we can't just accept that Russia is going to block the export of 50 million tonnes of grain.”

USAID has not authorized gain of function research.

This is no way to treat public servants, and it is no way to advance America's interests.

Fundamentally, there has to be a political agreement. We are not going to humanitarian aid our way out of this humanitarian crisis.

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