the foreign agents registration act. there have been many calls for reform, some say there are too many loopholes, it is too broad. i cited in the report the apa proposal in 2021, which made sensible suggestions for reforming it. but enforcement has swung from very lax to more rigorous. now from what we can tell from the current attorney general, it will be much more relaxed than it has been. is it an effective instrument for foreign influence, or should it be reformed? one minute. >> there have been challenges in using the fara as a criminal prosecution mechanism. there have been notable failures with defendants on both sides of the political aisle. but i think is a civil mechanism and regulatory mechanism, it can be effective. that is why things like how we are handling existing prosecutions, with the fcp a posture will become a the acceptance of monuments or not the general posture of the administration on lawlessness. it can be a very effective tool if there is a toolkit. the first rule of compliance when i was presi

and the foreign policy of the united states. this is not about ending the programs of usaid doesper se. there are things that it does that are good and there are things that we have strong questions about. it is the way it operates. they are supposed to take direction from the state department. they do not. they are completely uncooperative. when you ask questions, try to find out, what does this program do, why was this funded, why are we doing this, why aren't you coordinating with the state department? their answer is we don't have to answer to you because we are independent. that is not true and that is no longer the cas

chris coons is the former senate foreign state department and foreign operations appropriations chair and ranking member, and you're now the ranking member of the the lead appropriations subcommittee for defense. we've gone from soft power to hard power, but i want to say that when i bumped into you in the hallway the other day, it seemed like soft power was was still a big part of what you're focused on. in fact, i happen to be part of a conversation where somebody from the foreign aid community, you know, approached you and was talking about the impact of the foreign aid freeze and and it was clear to me that you're still very much enmeshed in what's happening there and the impact and so i just wanted to give you an opportunity to just can you explain for us kind of what's what's the state of play right now, you know, what's been the impact of the of the foreign aid freeze? >> so thanks for a chance to be on, thanks to the audience, massive and harmful and bluntly. quite likely irreversible and immoral and illegal. so having chosen a couple of adjectives, let me justify and support

i have long supported foreign aid and continue to support foreign aid but it is not a charity. it exists for the purpose of advancing the national interest of the united states. every dollar we will spend as long as i am secretary of state and as long as president trump is in the white house will be a dollar advancing our national interests. you see this here today. these are programs that work. this is the type of foreign aid we need to do. there are programs of question that do not advance the national interest. anybody who tells you they did not understand it, let me repeat it. if it is lifesaving, they have a waiver. i don't know how much clearer we can be. if they are not applying it, maybe they are not a very good organization and should not be getting any money at all. >> good morning, mr. president, mr. secretary. welcome to costa rica. we learned this morning before your meeting with the president you held a meeting with two former ministers of this administration. we would like to know if you can share a bit about the contents of the meeting with the former ministers

trump administration, the first foreign leader to come and how the focus of this donald trump foreign policy of this donald trump was gone for four but they've met so many times donald trump has been to india. who can forget? namaste, trump. and you know, so there's an interpersonal that he forged through his first administration. and you saw that up close and personal, courtney. and that namaste trump trip. how do you think that will influence their negotiations next week when modi is here for these three days? that's why you're seeing all of these foreign leaders sort to come to washington and get in a room with him. right? it's it's about convincing him of your worldview, you know, convincing him that, you know, whatever their agenda or motives are make sense within, you know, donald trump's foreign policy view. ministerjump at the chance to come here as soon as possible. um, and really lean into that, that bromance. at the the inauguration in the capital. um, jaishankarand he said at the time, after coming back, that he sees donald trump as an american nationalist, are so close an

and the foreign policy of the united states. this is not about ending the programs of usaid doesper se. there are things that it does that are good and there are things that we have strong questions about. it is the way it operates. they are supposed to take direction from the state department. they do not. they are completely uncooperative. when you ask questions, try to find out, what does this program do, why was this funded, why are we doing this, why aren't you coordinating with the state department? their answer is we don't have to answer to you because we are independent. that is not true and that is no longer the >> on tuesday, members of the nate finance committee vote on whether to recommend the nomination of robert f kennedy junior as health and human services secretary. if so, his nomination will go to e senate floor for a vote. we will cover this live. >> alive form involving you to discuss the latest issues in government, politics, and public policy. from washington to across the country. tuesday morning, or the ex

soon after my first foreign congressional delegation trip i realize that foreign aid when used properly can be a tool in soft opposing the strengthens the nation's economy, security, increases trade, decreases migration, creates strong partners and allies. when used improperly it has the opposite effect on both our friends and adversaries and waste taxpayer money to i became a strong proponent of reforming international assistance by working in a bipartisan and bicameral fashion with my cosponsors along with the first trump administration when introduced the bill to authorize the creation of the dfc. this was a largest reform in for foreign aid in over two decades and michael was to move countries from aid to trade with use of effective tools managed correctly. i cheered along with adam smith the effective aid caucus and met with members and outside groups to improve efficiency and effectiveness on the system. this committee has had many hearings to do with usaid. it's frustrating that an agency set up to further our security prosperity, engaging he mention projects and work to prevent

i don't even know what foreign policy he has. it makes no sense, his foreign policy. they are just going to take over people's land and name it after americans. no, we don't own that land, and you know we don't! and we are the only was acting like we own it. nobody else is recognizing what trump is talking about. so all these people acting like trump done came in, and he's doing it, he's doing nothing. you guys have missed what all the other presidents are saying. that donald trump is lying. host: bruce is in sunnyvale, indiana on our line for independents. good morning. caller: hello. thank you for taking my call. on the budget and a lot of these cuts that's being done, i think one of our biggest problems is the fact that the democrat and republican parties are allowed to come in until the congressmen and senators how to vote on stuff. we did not elect that party. it was not on the ballot. you can vote for everybody in a party, but the party itself is not elected. just like they complain about people that's appointed by president trump. host: bruce, how do you feel a

i'll remind you we spend less than 1% of our total federal budget on foreign aid. your average american thinks it's between 25% and 30%, and that trimming, you know, waste, fraud, and abuse in foreign aid is a way to deal with our deficit. there is a list of a small number of odd, strange, or embarrassing programs that were funded, many of them not through usaid, but through the state department. there's no disagreement with democrats and republicans that we should look at and closely scrutinize and reform foreign aid but to shut it down first and then have a conversation about it is putting the cart before the horse. >> some of that's driven, you know, what i was hearing is that there are evangelical groups that are connected with foreign aid. there's also you know, agriculture interests and there are republican states that have agricultural interests, is that driving some of the republican pushback? >> it is contributing. there's a whole group of republicans who are expressing concern privately because of either the humanitarian impact or the national security im

i don't even know what foreign policy he has. it makes no sense, his foreign policy.hey are just going to take over people's land and name it after americans. no, we don't own that land, and you know we don't! and we are the only was acting like we own it. nobody else is recognizing what trump is talking about. so all these people acting like trump done came in, and he's doing it, he's doing nothing. you guys have missed what all the other presidents are saying. that donald trump is lying. host: bruce is in sunnyvale, indiana on our line for independents. good morning. caller: hello. thank you for taking my call. on the budget and a lot of these cuts that's being done, i think one of our biggest problems is the fact that the democrat and republican parties are allowed to come in until the congressmen and senators how to vote on stuff. we did not elect that party. it was not on the ballot. you can vote for everybody in a party, but the party itself is not elected. just like they complain about people that's appointed by president trump. host: bruce, how do you feel abo

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every penny we spend on foreign aid needs to be aligned with the foreign policy of the united states. this is not about ending the programs that usaid does. there are things that it does that are good and there are things that it does that -- it is about the way it operates. they need to take direction from the state department. when you ask questions, when you try to go in and find out what this program does, who is getting money, why is this getting funded, their attitude is we don't have to answer to you because we are independent, we answer to no one. that is not true and will no longer be the case. host: secretary of state marco rubio is now acting head of usaid. this is the hill. marco rubio taking over as acting head of usaid amid agency turmoil. and we are going to hear quickly before we take your calls from senator andy kim, who is a democrat of new jersey. he once worked at usaid, and he talked to reporters. here he is. [video clip] >> about 20 years ago when i first came to work for the federal government, i walked through these doors right behind me. i started off my caree

soon after my first foreign congressional delegation trip, i realized foreign aid when used properly can be a tool that strengens the nation's economy, increases trade, decreases migration, creates strong partners and allies, when used improperly, has the opposite affect on both our friends and adversaries and wastes taxpayers' money. i became a strong proponent of international assistance by working in a bipartisan and bi-cameraal, when we introduced the build act that authorized creation of the dfc, the largest reform in foreign aid in two decades and my goal was to move countries from aid to trade, with the use of effective tools managed correctly. i met with members and outside groups to improve efficiently and effectiveness on the system. this committee has had many hearings dealing with usaid. it's frustrating that an agency set up to further our security, prosperity, engage in humanitarian projects and work to prevent the spread of diseases, hunger and conflict have strayed so far from its original intent when it was created under president kennedy in 1961. usaid has lost the

i think this entire foreign policy is going to be disruptive. i think that it looks now as of today, that tulsa gathered will become the director of national intelligence. the vote will take place in just less than 2 hours. and i think we're going to see a complete and total change in us foreign policy. me, can i just put a hobby out all? not on the get your take. you've got vice president, ga, the bonds, very much the supporter of donald trump. but he's going to be running. i would imagine for president in 3 years time, his pockets aren't as deep as the incumbent. so he's going to need cash to run the campaign. and that means, you know, getting money from people that, that may go against at this type of, from politics. so, is this a blip for now, or is, is it taking off for real? you know, i think it's actually taking off and, and i'll explain why, you know, in 1932 here in the united states. the election of 1932 was something that is now called a watershed election, where the ideologies of the democratic and republican parties switched. the re

s. foreign policy. i think they have the analysis did wrong, and it's not just pouring money away. is the, i mean, the billions that a spent in a come back to many us businesses. you know, that's, that's a very interesting point. very good question. of course, we send enormous amounts of food to starving people overseas, and that's who is grown by us, foreigners. so frank white, a lot of this, uh, what's called us for an aide, is initially paid to foreigners in iowa or illinois or kansas. but that's really uh, you know, the fact that a few dollars comes back to the united states is not the key point. in my view, the, the leaders of us, i the, the people that created this employment of u. s. foreign policy. understood very well that us national security is enhanced if people overseas in africa items in the middle east, in asia, in latin america. if people overseas have a chance for a decent living, if they have hope for their children's future, if they have a reasonable diet and reasonable income, they a

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this is a foreign aid we need to do. the programs of questions about that did it for the national interest and they should be eliminated. there are those who need to know learn more about the little blanket waiver, it's been out for a week and anybody who tells you they don't understand let me repeat it in very simple words. if it saves lives, if its emergency life-saving aid, food medicine whatever, they have waiver. i don't have much clearer we can be. if they're not applying the maybe they're not a good organization. maybe he shouldn't getting money at all. >> alejandro. >> buenos dias. >> good morning secretary rubio, looking to costa reca. we've learned this morning before your meeting with the president you held a meeting with two for ministers of this administration. we would like to know if you can share a bit about the contents of the meeting with foreign minister fernandez and if he will have additional meetings in a country with a similar interest as the meetings you had this morning? >> these are two people u

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. >> to. >> support foreign aid. >> but foreign aid is. >> not charity. >> if it saves lives, if it's. emergency life saving aid, food, medicine. >> whatever. >> they have a waiver. >> i don't. >> know how much clearer we can. >> be. >> so that is going to be a key issue because as you know, the secretary has supported foreign aid. he's voted for it. and it's half the budget of the world food program, the food going into gaza. yeah. usaid is also supporting grain in ukraine after the russians closed the black sea. so they got them back on their feet, exporting grain to the world, which. would cause famines in egypt and elsewhere. >> yeah. >> and we had. >> met we had medicine that couldn't be distributed. >> in. >> the sudan. >> and we. >> did get the secretary to grant a waiver. but here's the problem. if you freeze everything and then. well. >> but, you know. >> i'll consider a waiver. we don't exactly. >> know. >> the standard that they're using to determine what is a waiver. we have some reason to believe that the way the secretary is, is defining humanitarian aid is much narrower

if doge wins and our foreign aid is completely shut down, if elon musk wins and our foreign assistance completely ends, who will cheer and who will win? the cartels will win. russia will win. china will win. this effort is not efficient. it is not sane. it is not respectful, and it does not make america safe, so let's pull together and tell the real story of foreign aid and the ways that it saves lives, advances our values and makes our world a better place. thank you all very much. >> i'm greg stanton, congress member from arizona. they are cheering in beijing and moscow with every corner of the globe where our adversaries have been praying for retreat of american leadership. usaid has been a cornerstone of strong and principled u.s. foreign policy under democratic administrations and under republican once as well. congress has passed a budget across party lines, providing robust funding for usaid, and it has always had republican support before because it is a tool that advances american interests and protects american lives. it fights famine and drought, helps after natural disaster

it is our foreign policy planners decide . we need to do resume, change the allegations about us say id. just keep on coming. a few months ago when protesting gulf finally dashed, forcing the p. m to flee for her life. she said the us was behind them. i could have remained impala. if i had surrendered the sovereignty of saint martin island and allowed america to hold sway over the bay of bengal, b u. s. she said, wanted to build a military base on st. molten island to come to chinese influence. echoing what we just heard back from a former us state department official at the time. washington said the claims was multiple performer. ready patricia to see know, thank you. so united states of all 5 of them sitting mass furnace that led to her all throughout the week. so for the city, if you have any comment on this uh, that's laughable. uh, any implication that the united states was involved in the shake, the scene is, resignation is absolutely false. but now a former state department official has exposed how funds to remove shake

, a key foreign policy adviser to president putin.s much for who was there was, of course, who was not. the ukrainians have not been invited. that was a question that i shouted to mr rubio while we were still in the room. is the us sidelining ukraine, mr secretary? what concessions will there be asked of russia, mr secretary? now he didn't answer those. it was clear at that point i think the meeting was going to last some hours and take up the best part of the day before both sides were going to give their own accounts, their own narratives of the way the meeting had gone. tom bateman in riyadh there. in a moment we'll speak to our our russia editor steve rosenberg, but first let's go to ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse in kyiv. james, in moscow, president vioscow, bleaseé president vioscn be bleaseé president vioscn be and bleaseé of this russia.?-.-, ,. * saudi yet men victory have glee; eff—222777 have gai sta -e. fizz: :——7——— have gai sta-e. e to é?:——f—r— talks the tali is:he moscow m- seein an earl moscow seein an earl -osi

at camp david, a second foreign minister resigned.n the middle of the talks, he didn't make it public but he resigned because he thought that was giving away too much and he was killed by islamic radicals who opposed his peace initiative so he took his life in his own hands when he went to jeers lem. it was a courageous affect and one of the attributes i mentioned for a great associate? air and statesman was courage. the political courage to break from the past. example, again, sadat going to jerusalem. crown prince of uae. making peace with israel. that was not popular with his public. and most i think telling was the good friday agreement between the catholics and potest analysis in northern ireland. mediated by former u.s. senator and majority leader journal mitchell and from you had a situation where, again, courage was used. leaders of the catholic and poststandpoint communities who had -- propertiest instant communities who had spent 20 years in what was called the troubles. they said enough is enough. even though our public may

foreign policy and projecting american power overseas. it's elimination only helps our adversaries, russia and china who want to see our global influence reduced at any cost. it is no coincidence that elon musk, the world's wealthiest man with billions of dollars of investment in china, is doing china's bidding. lastly what trump and musk have done is not only wrong, it is illegal. usaid was established by an act of congress and it can only be disbanded by an act of congress. stopping this will require action by the courts and for republicans to show up and show courage and stand up for our country. further, i am urging my fellow democrats to use every legislative tool we have at our disposal to slow down and stop this crime from succeeding. we are here to shine a light on this. you see the wonderful people here with us. let me give you my good friend, senator chris van hollen. sen. van hollen: thank you to don buyer and all of our colleagues gathered here and all of you who are here at this moment of a clear and present danger for the fu

at camp david, a second foreign minister resigned.n the middle of the talks, he didn't make it public but he resigned because he thought that was giving away too much and he was killed by islamic radicals who opposed his peace initiative so he took his life in his own hands when he went to jeers lem. it was a courageous affect and one of the attributes i mentioned for a great associate? air and statesman was courage. the political courage to break from the past. example, again, sadat going to jerusalem. crown prince of uae. making peace with israel. that was not popular with his public. and most i think telling was the good friday agreement between the catholics and potest analysis in northern ireland. mediat by former u. nator and majority leader journal mitchell and from you had a situation where, again, courage was used. leaders of the catholic and poststandpoint communities who had -- propertiest instant communities who had spent 20 years in what was called the troubles. they said enough is enough. even though our public may want

corporation was criminalized under the foreign corrupt practices act. demanding a bribe from american companies or while on u.s. soil will have consequences. of course, there is still work to be done. we lag behind peers when it comes to requiring professionals like accountants to abide by basic anti-money laundering standards. this is a problem because it's not just banks that perform tasks like holding assets and forming or registering a company or a trust. passing legislation will help close that gap and tightened the defenses against our financial system being used to launder and hide dirty foreign money. so far, i've discussed the fight against international criminal organizations and foreign klepto kratz. but when it comes to rule of law, we can't just look abroad. alarming line of president has emerged from the supreme court undermining domestic public corruption prosecutions. as a prosecutor handling public corruption cases, i have watched his pattern with dismay. a governor was convicted of corruption after he received a fancy luggage set and a

but it has to be aligned with american foreign policy. the attitude, the usa idea is adopted over the years is know, we are independent of the national interest. we fund programs, irrespective of whether it's aligned or not aligned with the foreign policy. that's ridiculous, is a tax payer dollars. you look at the waste and abuse that has run through usa id over the past several years. these are some of the insane priorities that that organization has been spending money on. $1500000.00 to advance d i. d, i in serbia's, workplace is 70000 for production of a d. i musical. and ireland. $47000.00 for a transgender offer out in columbia. 32000 for a transgender comic book in peru. i don't know about you, but as an american taxpayer, i don't want my dollars going towards this crap. and i know the american people don't either. and that's exactly what you on must, has been passed by president trump to do, to get the fraud waste and abuse out of our federal government to a former state department official has now also help build the laid on us t

minister, the egyptian foreign minister. about sisi. well, let me, then, if i may... i understand, i mean, sisi, like mubarak before him, was a general who threw away the military uniform to don the dark suit of a civilian president. because you became a civil society activist, i mean, sisi won re—election not so very long ago with 89% of the vote. a meaningful election or not. but his strength, his domination he's a very transactional man. the egyptian authorities show thick skin. and they were released. sisi, like any smart dictator, uses the things at his disposal as tools. i think we didn't have any british government but husbands of a citizen, things like that, as a priority, they managed to negotiate a deal. to set an example. so he used him to keep him in prison. politically, sisi does not need alaa to stay in prison. history has passed. a decade has passed. concerned with, such as, like, the economic crisis, the push for displacement, all of these things. really in the top priority of the egyptian government. that's

and it's foreign policy agenda. the shift continuum to for those mendoza, we have many permanent partners on a continent, bus, new or some of them are relations have already reached a level of strategic partnership. russian african cooperation was significantly strengthened last november. the 1st step of ministerial conference of the russia advocate partnership for him was a success whom i think we are working to unlock. the vast potential of cooperation with africa was student that cooperation was difficult. they reduced off to the collapse of the soviet union. we had other priorities at that time, but now we are returning to valuing our african friends in the same way that they value contribution to liberation from colonial oppression because a little below the some others are that, you know, over. i've also spoke quite a bit about russia's diplomatic direction that it's going in and he some that up and one word essentially multi polarity in connection to its partners in the south and the east, which he described

policy for intelligence-sharing with foreign entities -- i don't appreciate the fact that she's called superwoman by a mouthpiece for the kremlin. not only does putin have kind words for ms. gab, aed but they also share -- ms. gabbard, but they also share mutual friends; namely, out offed syrian dictator bashar al-assad. since her clandestined meeting with him in 2017, former congresswoman gabbard has faced numerous questions about why she went to syria and arranged in meeting in the first place. she's answered none of those questions; nor has she provided any substantive details on her conversation with assad. and, in fact, ms. gabbard has repeatedly refused to call assad what he is, and that is an enemy of the united states, a beirutal dictator who -- a brutal dictator who is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of syrians. assad, who's putin's best buddy in the middle east, assad, who is backed by iran, whose regime openly seeks to undermine and destroy american interests and values worldwide, this is the person whose copersons musk and trump want to lead our intellig

i mean, a tremendous foreign policy changes. i mean, everybody can understand now, you know, there are those of us like myself that say we need in the us grand strategy to get back to the ability to do that. well. and so therefore going back and seeing not only the strategies that the led this country to ultimate success, but the individuals that helped create them is i think, a really useful exercise for getting our bearings. now on the fundamental picture and also nixey is just this utterly interesting person. so one quote that i pulled out here, we'll get into this. but as writes, he formed the entire profession of national security professional. and that was really something of his making his career and. he was, on one hand a scholar, another an investment banker. he was also sort of an adventurer in the second world war. it was quite a unique approach to life. and i think impact and the experience that went into that impact were. you know, there's a lot to dig into here. so james. i'd just like to begin with the that that i

if you are a foreign government or a foreign person or a foreign corporation, you are not allowed to contribute or support to elections in the united states. so this is really you can think about it as a counterintelligence effort. we're trying to understand how foreign spies are trying to influence and change the outcome of our u.s. elections. and i guess we're not doing that anymore. >> well, i wonder how you square that with the reasoning. i mean, you alluded to the attorney general perhaps not knowing exactly what this task force is doing, but she specifically cites freeing up resources and stymieing weaponization and abuses of prosecutorial discretion. there no actual mention of foreign meddling in elections. >> yeah, there's you know, reallocating resources is kind of a general thing that you can do anytime you close out one activity and you shift people to another one. so i can't speak to that, but there's no weaponization here. this is just the fbi doing what the fbi does, keeping an eye on national security threats, foreign actors, people outside the united states who are me

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