Trump plans to cut billions of dollars of foreign aid 

The World

The Trump administration plans on cutting billions of dollars from US foreign aid programs. The cuts would range from 2 to 7 billion dollars. Steve O’Connell was the Chief Economist at the US Agency for International Development during the Obama administration. He joins host Carol Hills to talk foreign aid 101.  

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