00:00I'm the acting director of USAID.
00:08I've delegated that authority to someone, but I stay in touch with him, and again, our
00:11goal was to go in and align our foreign aid to the national interest.
00:17There are a lot of functions of USAID that are going to continue, that are going to be
00:20part of American foreign policy, but it has to be aligned with American foreign policy.
00:24The attitude that USAID has adopted over the years is, no, we are independent of the national
00:29interest.
00:30We fund programs, irrespective of whether it's aligned or not aligned with the foreign
00:33policy.
00:34That's ridiculous.
00:35These are taxpayer dollars.
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