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Brian Schatz: “$500 million from global health programs [is being cut].”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Schatz Details Trump Admin's Destruction Of USAID, Deadly Consequences As Senate Considers DOGE Cuts

Published | Video Starts at 22:09

And it is not a small thing that many former secretaries of defense have said something along the lines of, if you defund foreign aid, I'm going to need more ammunition because this is the cheapest way to prevent war. $500 million from global health programs [is being cut]. Now, the new Republican proposal protects some of those programs funded by this account, but it leaves out pandemic prevention, family planning, and work on a wide range of issues. (22:09–22:12)

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