Former Official (unnamed)

But that's not even Doge. I mean, we welcome Elon Musk and Doge coming into our department to help us identify – additional ways in which we can streamline processes, fast-track acquisitions, cut waste, cut tail to put it to tooth.

Well, look, I mean, my frustration with USAID goes back to my time in Congress. It's a completely unresponsive agency. It's supposed to respond to policy directives of the State Department and it refuses to do so.

Well, look, I mean, my frustration with USAID goes back to my time in Congress. It's a completely unresponsive agency. It's supposed to respond to policy directives of the State Department and it refuses to do so.

Well, look, I mean, my frustration with USAID goes back to my time in Congress. It's a completely unresponsive agency. It's supposed to respond to policy directives of the State Department and it refuses to do so.

So the functions of USAID, there are a lot of functions of USAID that are going to continue, that are going to be part of American foreign policy, but it has to be aligned with American foreign policy. I said very clearly during my confirmation hearing that every dollar we spend and every program we fund, that will be aligned with the national interest of the United States.

So the functions of USAID, there are a lot of functions of USAID that are going to continue, that are going to be part of American foreign policy, but it has to be aligned with American foreign policy. I said very clearly during my confirmation hearing that every dollar we spend and every program we fund, that will be aligned with the national interest of the United States.

So the functions of USAID, there are a lot of functions of USAID that are going to continue, that are going to be part of American foreign policy, but it has to be aligned with American foreign policy. I said very clearly during my confirmation hearing that every dollar we spend and every program we fund, that will be aligned with the national interest of the United States.

And USAID has a history of sort of ignoring that and deciding that there's somehow a global charity separate from the national interest. These are taxpayer dollars.

And USAID has a history of sort of ignoring that and deciding that there's somehow a global charity separate from the national interest. These are taxpayer dollars.

And USAID has a history of sort of ignoring that and deciding that there's somehow a global charity separate from the national interest. These are taxpayer dollars.

Is that a joke?

Is that a joke?

Is that a joke?

Senator, with regard to that instance in our first term, we were specifically using the transfer authority that had been provided in the language of the Department of Defense Appropriations to be able to transfer that authority to the Army Corps of Engineers for its use on the border wall.

Senator, with regard to that instance in our first term, we were specifically using the transfer authority that had been provided in the language of the Department of Defense Appropriations to be able to transfer that authority to the Army Corps of Engineers for its use on the border wall.

Senator, with regard to that instance in our first term, we were specifically using the transfer authority that had been provided in the language of the Department of Defense Appropriations to be able to transfer that authority to the Army Corps of Engineers for its use on the border wall.

It was specifically a transfer authority that Congress had given the President in the underlying appropriation.

It was specifically a transfer authority that Congress had given the President in the underlying appropriation.

It was specifically a transfer authority that Congress had given the President in the underlying appropriation.

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