U.S.A.I.D. Might Be Dead, but the Waste Is Alive and Well

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  I'm Helene Cooper.

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  I cover the US military for the New York Times.

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  So I'm sitting in my car in a parking lot outside the Pentagon.

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  I had a cubicle with a desk inside the building for years,

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  but the Trump administration has taken that away.

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  People in power have always made it difficult for journalists.

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  It hasn't stopped us in the past.

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  It's not going to stop us now.

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  I will keep working to get you the facts.

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  This work doesn't happen without subscribers to The New York Times.

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  This is The Opinions, a show that brings you a mix of voices from New York Times opinion.

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  You've heard the news.

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  Here's what to make of it.

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  I'm Nicholas Christoph.

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  I'm a columnist for The New York Times.

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  This year, I've been reporting a great deal on the cuts in American aid funding.

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  USAID has provided humanitarian assistance all over the world,

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  and it's had an enormous impact.

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  By one count, it saved more than three million lives each year.

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  And then, this year, it was dismantled over a weekend by Elon Musk.

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