A congressional hearing has uncovered what lawmakers are calling a national disgrace and a dangerous betrayal of American taxpayers. Testimony presented before the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) revealed that billions of dollars in US foreign aid- distributed through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)- have allegedly ended up in the hands of terrorist organisations, including Hamas, the Taliban and Al Qaeda. The hearing titled, “America Last: How Foreign Aid Undermined U.S. Interests Around the World”, was convened to scrutinise how USAID has been handling taxpayer money. Representative Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) sounded the alarm over a staggering $2.1 billion allegedly funnelled to Gaza since Hamas launched its deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
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