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Defunding USAID is a terrible idea
America’s retreat from USAID would harm the foundations of democracy in countries once occupied by, or under the influence of, the Soviet Union. Ever since the Berlin Wall came crashing down more than three decades ago, Central and Eastern Europe has been …