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Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton wrote a letter to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator Samantha Power Wednesday (Oct. 9) in which he said he suspects more than $1 billion of humanitarian aid intended for civilians in Gaza may have gone to members of the Hamas terrorist organization.
“I write to raise grave concerns about the likely misuse of more than one billion dollars in U.S. humanitarian aid sent to Gaza since October 2023,” Cotton said in the letter. “As I predicted would happen from the outset, credible reporting indicates that Hamas terrorists have diverted this aid; indisputable evidence demonstrates that the aid was always at high risk of diversion. In all likelihood, the Biden-Harris administration has prolonged the Gaza war, allowed aid to flow to Israel’s enemies, and misused taxpayer funds.”
“When American aid flows to Israel’s enemies — who are also our enemies — USAID is guilty of moral failure, strategic catastrophe, and betrayal of the American taxpayer,” Cotton concluded his letter. “You should immediately suspend all aid until taking credible and serious steps to stop Americans’ tax dollars from funding terrorists.” (TAKE A POLL: Do You Believe That Social Media Companies Should Be Regulated for Content?)
USAID Voices Similar Concerns?
Analysis published by the National Review argued that Cotton’s concerns were bolstered by a “USAID inspector general report published in July describing how the agency failed to conduct basic due diligence on many of the organizations it sends taxpayers dollars to.”
The war between Israel and Hamas start a little over a year ago with the brutal attacks of Oct. 7, where Hamas terrorists massacred countless civilians at a festival in Gaza. (TAKE A POLL: Should the Government Provide Financial Support to Struggling Industries?)
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