CGD Discusses 5 Takeaways From Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson, USAID Administrator-Nominee Mark Green Hearings

Center for Global Development’s “U.S. Development Policy”: Where Is Trump Headed on Foreign Aid? Five Takeaways from the Tillerson and Green Hearings
Jeremy Konyndyk, senior policy fellow at CGD, and Jared Kalow, research assistant at CGD, discuss five takeaways from several hearings that took place last week involving U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and USAID administrator nominee Mark Green. Takeaways include: “1. An administration at odds with itself… 2. …and with Congress … 3. Cuts to humanitarian assistance are a front and center concern … 4. The Hill wants a say in the State Department-USAID reorganization efforts … 5. A real opportunity for foreign aid reform?” (6/23).

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