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Former USAID Global Health director Dr. Atul Gawande criticized the Trump administration's plan to merge the United States Agency for International Development into the State Department and the funding freeze putting key aid programs in jeopardy, saying the decisions aren't an "overhaul" but rather a "destruction."
Gawande, a surgeon and medical professor, told CBS News on Monday that the "destruction" began a week ago after the White House Office of Management and Budget released a memo that ordered a freeze on federal assistance. The memo was...
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