White House confirms 'dramatic' cuts proposed to US foreign aid budget

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

White House confirms 'dramatic' cuts proposed to US foreign aid budget

Reuters in Washington
Saturday 4 March 2017 19.39 GMT

The White House budget director confirmed on Saturday that the Trump administration will propose “fairly dramatic reductions” in the US foreign aid budget later this month.

It was reported earlier this week that the administration plans to propose to Congress cuts in the budgets for the state department and Agency for International Development (USAID) by about one third.

“We are going to propose to reduce foreign aid and we are going to propose to spend that money here,” White House Office of Management Budget director Mick Mulvaney told Fox News, adding the proposed cuts would include “fairly dramatic reductions in foreign aid”.

Mulvaney said the cuts in foreign aid would help the administration fund a proposed $54bn expansion of the US military budget.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/04/white-house-confirms-dramatic-cuts-foreign-aid-budget

[Fred Sanders]

1. Foreign aid, nyet. Foreign wars, da. Sad administration.