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Facing potentially deep budget cuts to U.S. foreign aid, new USAID administrator Mark Green says he needs to do more with less and prove to President Donald Trump that development assistance can further his "America First" agenda...
But U.S. foreign assistance has traditionally garnered bipartisan support in Congress, which controls the aid purse strings. Green has stronger relations with lawmakers than his predecessors, who battled Congress on funding and objectives.
"What's very different for Mark Green is that his strongest allies are on the Hill," said Scott Morris, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington. "Where he faces headwinds are with both the White House and the State Department."
"There is a real potential for conflicts in basic philosophy about what USAID does," added Morris.
Green is nevertheless sanguine about prospects for a downsized, budget-constrained USAID.
"We can't do everything," he said. "The resources are limited, so we have to prioritize."
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