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The President's Daily Brief

February 10th, 2025: The Very Worst Of USAID Spending & Hamas Releases Emaciated Hostages

The President's Daily Brief

The First TV

News, Politics

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: The Trump administration is moving to overhaul USAID—an agency that doles out billions in foreign aid with little oversight. Is it finally time to rein it in? The world reacts as Hamas releases three emaciated hostages over the weekend as part of the ongoing ceasefire deal. As both sides exchange hostages and prisoners, Israel follows through on another key part of the agreement—pulling troops from a critical corridor in Gaza. And in the Back of the Brief: After a brief lull, North Korean troops may have returned to the front lines, while Russia scrambles to counter a renewed Ukrainian offensive in Kursk. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Okay. It's Monday, 10 February. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker,

0:47.4

your eyes and ears on the world stage. Coming to you today from somewhere in Europe.

0:54.3

All right, let's get briefed.

0:55.9

We'll start things off today.

0:57.0

Would the Trump administration's push to overhaul USAID?

1:01.5

That's an agency that hands out billions in foreign aid, frankly with little oversight.

1:07.1

So, you ask yourself, is there a chance that a thorough, efficient audit of USAID spending

1:13.1

just might, perhaps, identify government waste and abuse?

1:18.0

There is a possibility.

1:19.8

Later in the show, the world reacted with shock as Hamas released three emaciated hostages

1:25.8

over the weekend as part of the ongoing seats-fire deal.

1:30.0

Plus, as both sides exchange hostages and prisoners, Israel follows through on another key part

1:36.5

of the agreement and pulling out troops from a critical corridor in Gaza.

1:42.2

And in the back of the brief.

1:47.6

After a short respite, it appears that North Korean troops may have returned to the front lines as Russian military forces attempt to blunt the renewed

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