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Tony Hall: “I think USAID is probably one of the more important programs that we have and when we consider where we used to be years…”

On the recordMarch 12, 1996
I think USAID is probably one of the more important programs that we have and when we consider where we used to be years ago, when we had $19 or $20 billion in foreign aid, which is like less than one-half of 1 percent of our total budget and now it is at $12 billion, and we want to eliminate the humanitarian agency in the whole Government when, in fact, it saves millions and millions of lives, I would not say every year but over the many, many years, to put them into the equation that they possibly could be abolished I think is a wrong way to go. I think the people that we have at AID, starting with Brian Atwood, have done a very impressive job. I am very enthused about their direction, their vision for the future, and what this world is about as far as humanitarian concerns are concerned.
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Tony Hall
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Discussing the importance of USAID during a debate on foreign aid legislation.

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