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On the recordApril 19, 2010
Like many government bureaucracies, USAID suffers from a culture of arrogance that it knows best.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy comments on the bureaucratic culture within USAID that hinders its effectiveness.

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