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Did American farmers know?
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This episode of The Friday Brief by Girl Friday covers the impacts of U.S. aid freezes and administration changes. In Thailand, a Burmese refugee died because a U.S.-funded clinic closed. In Ukraine, there are renewed concerns about the end of the war with Russia, as Trump met Putin without Zelensky. In Sudan, a network of communal kitchens might close because of a lack of U.S. funding. Meanwhile, the U.S. will also be impacted by USAID's illegal closure. American farmers are paid handsomely for crops (wheat, rice, soybeans, to name a few) USAID uses for humanitarian aid assistance abroad. Did those farmers know that voting for "small government" meant closing USAID and losing those contracts? What will happen to farms that rely on USAID's government contracts?
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Chapters
1. Welcome (00:00:00)
2. A Burmese refugee died after being discharged from a U.S.-funded clinic in Thailand (00:00:21)
3. A brief background on the Myanmar military coup (00:00:45)
4. The horrific results, thus far, of the Myanmar military coup (00:01:09)
5. Ukraine's end to the war may not be what Zelensky hoped for; and NATO is unlikely to offer membership (00:01:39)
6. Sudan's communal kitchens are at risk because of a lack of U.S. funding (00:03:36)
7. Did American farmers know that cuts to USAID would impact rural American communities? (00:04:20)
8. Until next time! (00:05:10)
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