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Related: About this forumState Department suspends nearly all U.S. foreign aid for 3 months - PBS NewsHour
The State Department suspended all foreign assistance around the world for at least three months. That affects tens of billions of dollars on programs that run from military assistance to Ukraine to supporting police in Mexico who interdict fentanyl coming into the U.S. Nick Schifrin reports. - Aired on 01/24/2025.
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State Department suspends nearly all U.S. foreign aid for 3 months - PBS NewsHour (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Jan 25
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pfitz59
(11,450 posts)1. US aid to Pakistan keeps Islamic fanatics from getting their nukes.
and other aid programs prevent similar calamities. This is not good.
Rhiannon12866
(232,375 posts)2. Biden was originally chosen as VP for his foreign policy experience, and he carried that knowledge on as president
Does anyone in the new administration have any kind of foreign policy experience?? As you said, we'll pay dearly for that absence from now on.
Bread and Circuses
(706 posts)3. You know where this goes...
Hell restore foreign aide only when a country agrees to pay a kickback
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Rhiannon12866
(232,375 posts)4. Or attempts blackmail which led to his first impeachment.
That's not likely to happen again no matter how many times he violates the Constitution or U.S. laws.
Bread and Circuses
(706 posts)5. Bingo! A criminal always returns the scene of the crime.