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U.S.A.I.D. Might Be Dead, but the Waste Is Alive and Well
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9:02Now PlayingThe United States Agency for International Development no longer exists. As of July 1, what’s left of it has been absorbed into the State Department. President Trump and Elon Musk dismissed the agency as wasteful spending. But on a reporting trip to West Africa, the columnist Nicholas Kristof found that by eliminating U.S.A.I.D., America has left lifesaving resources to deteriorate — with deadly consequences. Thoughts? Email us at theopinions@nytimes.com.
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