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State Department begins 90‑day review of USAID awards; spokeswoman says some grants already cut
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Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said the State Department has paused parts of USAID spending for a 90‑day review to look for waste, fraud and abuse, that some awards have been terminated during the review and that a department fact sheet misstated annual foreign‑aid spending before being corrected.
Tammy Bruce, spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, told reporters that the department has placed parts of U.S. foreign‑assistance spending under a 90‑day review to assess whether taxpayer dollars are being used appropriately and to identify waste, fraud and abuse.
"This began with a simple inquiry of USAID to look at their books, to look and inquire, and they refused," Bruce said, describing the start of the review. "It was a pause, a 90 day pause, we shouldn't forget that, to look at the nature of how the taxpayer money has been spent and if it was being used in the proper way for the things that we've allotted it for."
The review follows an executive‑branch effort, Bruce said, to examine how federal foreign‑assistance funds are managed and whether they advance U.S. national interests. She acknowledged that some…
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