So this is all about the momentum that came from Doge and Trump and some tweets and some animus, real animus to the foreign aid enterprise. So let's go through what's in it. $4.15 billion for economic support and development assistance. Our economic and development assistance is not charity. It is for countering the influence of the People's Republic of China. for promoting regional stability. This work is in our economic and security interests. If this administration disagrees with some of the projects pursued by the previous administration, the good news is they have pretty broad authority to reprogram the money. (19:10–19:19)
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Asserts that U.S. economic and development assistance aims to counter China's influence.
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