Mike Ritland
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We need to turn the culture around so that when USAID can do this, they've got a much bigger and better network to do this. And we're now running into that. So I don't actually see USAID going away when you move it at state. Okay. You are inheriting โ and this is an uncouth phrase, but I think the visceral imagery is intended to make this stick โ closing the Ronald Reagan building โ
We need to turn the culture around so that when USAID can do this, they've got a much bigger and better network to do this. And we're now running into that. So I don't actually see USAID going away when you move it at state. Okay. You are inheriting โ and this is an uncouth phrase, but I think the visceral imagery is intended to make this stick โ closing the Ronald Reagan building โ
And moving all of those funds, if it's a billion in overhead, moving just, if you keep all the grants and move that 43 billion into the State Department, the State Department just inherits a USAID herpes infection. It's the same problems.
And moving all of those funds, if it's a billion in overhead, moving just, if you keep all the grants and move that 43 billion into the State Department, the State Department just inherits a USAID herpes infection. It's the same problems.
And moving all of those funds, if it's a billion in overhead, moving just, if you keep all the grants and move that 43 billion into the State Department, the State Department just inherits a USAID herpes infection. It's the same problems.
It's this tumor, this growth, this permanent flare-up that now it's just, there's no difference between, other than the structural that allows you to get away from oversight, which is what I'm saying. But frankly, there'd be no difference if you shut down Langley headquarters and you created an office of political warfare at state to do that.
It's this tumor, this growth, this permanent flare-up that now it's just, there's no difference between, other than the structural that allows you to get away from oversight, which is what I'm saying. But frankly, there'd be no difference if you shut down Langley headquarters and you created an office of political warfare at state to do that.
It's this tumor, this growth, this permanent flare-up that now it's just, there's no difference between, other than the structural that allows you to get away from oversight, which is what I'm saying. But frankly, there'd be no difference if you shut down Langley headquarters and you created an office of political warfare at state to do that.
If you shut down USAID headquarters and created an office for international development at state... Now, you're making Marco Rubio at that point the most powerful secretary of state in American history when you do that. But fundamentally, the problem was there was not oversight or repercussions for wrongdoing and rogue activity at USAID.
If you shut down USAID headquarters and created an office for international development at state... Now, you're making Marco Rubio at that point the most powerful secretary of state in American history when you do that. But fundamentally, the problem was there was not oversight or repercussions for wrongdoing and rogue activity at USAID.
If you shut down USAID headquarters and created an office for international development at state... Now, you're making Marco Rubio at that point the most powerful secretary of state in American history when you do that. But fundamentally, the problem was there was not oversight or repercussions for wrongdoing and rogue activity at USAID.
And so it's coming back to the place it was intended to be spawned out of.
And so it's coming back to the place it was intended to be spawned out of.
And so it's coming back to the place it was intended to be spawned out of.
What is that? The Atlantic Council bills itself as NATO's think tank, effectively. The easiest way to think of them is the sort of civil military, semi-clandestine, even though it's public-facing, coordinating arm for NATO priorities. So when you have... NATO is obviously the Western world's military alliance.
What is that? The Atlantic Council bills itself as NATO's think tank, effectively. The easiest way to think of them is the sort of civil military, semi-clandestine, even though it's public-facing, coordinating arm for NATO priorities. So when you have... NATO is obviously the Western world's military alliance.
What is that? The Atlantic Council bills itself as NATO's think tank, effectively. The easiest way to think of them is the sort of civil military, semi-clandestine, even though it's public-facing, coordinating arm for NATO priorities. So when you have... NATO is obviously the Western world's military alliance.
And so they're concerned with the military activity of U.S., France, all the NATO countries. And it's their sort of consensus military activity. And people are finding this out, who are mostly concerned with domestic policy, they're finding this out more and more with this USAID story, which is that
And so they're concerned with the military activity of U.S., France, all the NATO countries. And it's their sort of consensus military activity. And people are finding this out, who are mostly concerned with domestic policy, they're finding this out more and more with this USAID story, which is that
And so they're concerned with the military activity of U.S., France, all the NATO countries. And it's their sort of consensus military activity. And people are finding this out, who are mostly concerned with domestic policy, they're finding this out more and more with this USAID story, which is that