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Mark Pocan: “By the end of the week, their workforce went from 10,000 to…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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This Week in Washington 2.7.25.

Published | Video Starts at 01:14

He demonized the people who work there, calling them radical left Marxists who hate America. This is coming from a guy who was born in South Africa. And By the end of the week, their workforce went from 10,000 to essentially under 300. What they do is provide treatments for and prevention for malaria, tuberculosis, HIV and aids, humanitarian aid for civilians affected by violent conflicts. (01:14–01:20)

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Asserts that USAID's workforce was reduced from 10,000 to under 300.

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