Investigative report on foreign aid cuts from @propublica
The video presents an investigative report by ProPublica journalists who argue that cuts to USAID, made by political appointees in Washington D.C., created a humanitarian crisis leading to preventable deaths. They counter claims by officials like Marco Rubio that life-saving operations were spared, introduce themselves and their on-the-ground reporting in East Africa, and provide a brief history of USAID's purpose as an emergency response agency.
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Transcript
This is a story of an American made crisis. No a war, not a natural disaster, but decisions made in Washington DC that allowed people to die of preventable diseases and starvation. US secretary of state Marco Rubio has insisted that no one has died because The United States has cut aid. No. He's asserted that life saving operations were spared. ProPublica found that those claims were a charade. I'm Brett Murphy. I'm Anna Berry Jester. In August, we went to East Africa, to Kenya, and South Sudan
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