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Marco Rubio: “We are no longer going to spend 10 million, $100 million to…”

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Published April 4, 2025 | Video Starts at 12:42

And then we have to spend $100 million to get $10 million to people. We're not doing that anymore. Okay? We have stopped. We are no longer going to spend 10 million, $100 million to get $10 million to recipients. We're not going to fund these global NGOs all over the world that are living off of this. We're not doing it. (12:42–12:48)

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Asserts that the U.S. will stop inefficient spending on global NGOs.

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