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Ted Cruz Lists Examples Of 'Waste, Fraud And Abuse' At USAID

Published | Video Starts at 01:43

Among the things they discovered that the previous administration was spending money on were $1.5 million for advancing DEI in Serbia's workplaces, $2 million for sex changes in Guatemala, $6 million for tourism in Egypt, Paying for, quote, hundreds of thousands of meals that went to Al Qaeda affiliated fighters in Syria. funds for the production of opium, the primary ingredient in heroin in Afghanistan, which chiefly benefited the Taliban, $1 million to help disabled people in Tajikistan become, quote, climate leaders, … (01:43–01:52)

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Asserts that funds were used to provide meals to Al Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Syria.

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