Secretary of State Marco Rubio made it very clear that the days of NGOs, an integral part of the ‘Foreign Aid Industrial Complex’, sending aid often in direct opposition to America’s priorities, are over.
Rubio told reporters, “Foreign aid should be used for the purpose of furthering the national interest. That doesn’t mean we don’t care about human rights. That doesn’t mean we don’t care about starvation. That doesn’t mean we don’t care about hunger. That doesn’t mean we don’t care about humanitarian need.”
“What it does mean, however, is that even foreign aid, which is NOT charity – it is an act of the US taxpayer.”
In July, Rubio signaled the changes when he announced that USAID would no longer send foreign assistance across the globe.
Rubio noted that USAID had, for decades, failed to ensure the programs it funded actually supported America’s interests.
The State Department took over foreign assistance programs beginning on July 1.
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