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Mark Pocan: “They're asking for an increase on top of the trillion that…”

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

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 61 with McManus

Published | Video Starts at 38:01

But, yeah, so the. So in FY23, yeah, it was $43.4 billion for USAID. Yep. And, yeah, so it was 0.7% of the US budget. So 43 billion. And They're asking for an increase on top of the trillion that goes to defense, $350 billion. So that's what, Eightfold of what we spend on USAID. Just in the increase that the Pentagon's asking for. Just in the increase. Right. The Pentagon's asking for 1.5 trillion. (38:01–38:11)

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