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U S Orders Immediate Pause To Foreign Aid, Leaked Memo Says
//The US State Department has issued a halt to nearly all existing foreign assistance and paused new aid, according to an internal memo sent to officials and US embassies abroad...The United States is the world's biggest international aid donor spending $68bn in 2023 according to government figures, external. The State Department notice appears to affect everything from development assistance to military aid....It makes exceptions only for emergency food aid and for military funding for Israel and Egypt. The leaked memo's contents have been confirmed by the BBC.//
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A sensible move?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.One of the reasons for the re-examination of the aid programmes has been the disgraceful conduct of the UN agencies in Gaza. Not only was the food and cash funneled into the hands of the uerdering terrorist organisation hamas, but it has transpired that UN buuilding were used to not only fire rockets into civilian areas but were also used as jails for the hostages that were kidnapped on Oct 7th 2023.
176 countries according to this list
by far the biggest was ukraine, so that country looks to be getting abandoned to its fate. elsewhere these sums of money bought the USA influence and leverage which it will now lose. of course the US is not the only game in town for foreign aid anymore, and those countries which do without their assistance will look to china instead. poor ukraine doesn't have that option i suspect so unless another exception is made they are screwed.
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