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Jim Himes: “USAID doesn't exist anymore.”

Featuring: Jim Himes, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 4th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 06:11

Sure, sure. I mean, you've covered the story pretty well in the last 10 minutes about what happens when you do away with your primary arm for foreign aid. USAID doesn't exist anymore. And traditionally, USAID would have been part of the team that would help a country like Jamaica recover. We saw this in all sorts of other natural disasters just in the last 10 years or so. (06:11–06:14)

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