Samatha Power’s Exit Interview

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🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Top humanitarian aid official and longtime diplomat Samantha Power discusses lessons learned from her post at USAID and what she’d like to share with the next administration in this bonus episode. This conversation was taped before the passage of last week's Continuing Resolution. Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free): Walter Kerr and Amanda Arch: U.S. Foreign Aid Is Broken but Fixable Agathe Demarais: Aid Is the Next Battleground Between China and the West Laura Thornton: How a Second Trump Term Will Redefine Foreign Aid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:17.1	In a few weeks, the Biden administration will hand over the reins of power to President elect Trump.
1:18.8	U.S. foreign policy could change dramatically.
1:22.1	One of the arms of government, U.S. aid, will play a key part in that change.
1:27.1	USAID administers more than $60 billion of American taxpayer money globally and plays a key
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