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On the recordFebruary 2, 2025
I think it's outrageous. Think about it. The world's premier development humanitarian aid organization, the Agency for International Development of the United States government, is going to be allegedly shut down or merged with State Department based on the findings of six young men from the ages of 19 to 24, hundreds of years of aggregate experience in humanitarian assistance, child and maternal health care, famine relief, refugee assistance, disaster assistance is going to be thrown out the window by a team of six young men just graduating from high school or college.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly criticizes the potential merging of USAID with the State Department based on the decisions of inexperienced individuals.

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