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Something remarkable occurred on Capitol Hill this month:\u00a0Congress<\/a>\u00a0and the president partnered to make a law that cut the budgets of a few federal entities. A rescission of funds has not occurred since\u00a01999<\/a>, when former President\u00a0Bill Clinton<\/a>, a Democrat, struck a deal with the Republican-held House and Senate. This\u00a0legislation<\/a>\u00a0cuts various international aid programs run by the Department of State, such as Migration and Refugee Assistance and Bilateral Economic Assistance, Assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia. These programs have been on the chopping block since late winter, when the\u00a0Department of Government Efficiency<\/a>\u00a0took aim at foreign aid…. (Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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