For nearly 3 years, Mark Green led USAID in delivering foreign aid to countries in need during times of crisis. 'An effective World Health Organization is important for our interests as much as the interests of other countries and other peoples,' he says.
. President Trump has asked USAID staffer John Barsa, who has years of experience in the public and private sector, to take over as USAID acting administrator.
But the other piece of this is that as we get through to the other side [of the crisis] — hopefully sooner than later — I'm really trying to dedicate myself to help build the kind of leadership that we need around the world to prepare against future shocks and crises. And that's the reason why I joined the McCain Institute, is to try to foster that kind of leadership.
That same thing is true here. We have to care about what takes place in Asia, in Africa, because if we don't — if we're not engaged, if we're not building capacity in these countries — sadly, the challenges will come to us. As someone who believes that we should be paying attention and concern ourselves with all the corners of the world, how do you make sense of that?
Well, I'm a little bit dated now, having been out of USAID for a couple of weeks. It's important to know that it wasn't cut, that it did come to the end of a contract that had been extended a number of times. And I do know that USAID is working with partners to actually recalibrate and build the successor to it.
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