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Why Shutter USAID?

Can the Agency be Salvaged Under a Sustainable Paradigm?

Bruce J. Janigian August 3, 2025

Had anyone in the White House bothered to check on what the US Agency for International Development was doing before the new administration immediately shut it down? In fact, USAID was instrumental in many countries producing rare earths and other vital minerals and was part of the Critical Minerals Subcommittee along with DOD.  The Strategic […]

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Bruce Janigian is a writer and a former attorney adviser for USAID.

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