Vice President Mike Pence's office and political appointees have been pressuring USAID to direct its Middle East funding to preferred Christian groups in Iraq, an effort that career officials warned could be unconstitutional, ProPublica reports
Washington Vice President Mike Pence's office and political appointees have been pressuring the US Agency for International Development to direct its Middle East funding to preferred Christian groups in Iraq, an effort that career officials warned could be unconstitutional, ProPublica reports.
USAID last month announced grants to two Iraqi organizations that had been previously been rejected, ProPublica reported on Wednesday.ProPublica, which cited internal emails and nearly 40 current and former US officials and aid professionals for its report, said political appointees -- who typically are not involved in USAID grants -- had significantly influenced the latest grants USAID awarded.
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