Mick Mulvany
The white house intends to cut financial assistance to other States. On Saturday, March 4, said on Fox News the Director of the office of management and budget (OMB) Mick of Malvani.
“We intend to offer to cut aid to foreign countries, and we are going to offer to spend the money here (in the USA approx. “Of the tape.ru”), “—said he.
Malvani stressed that means “pretty significant reduction”. According to him, the purpose of this measure is the increase in defense spending of 54 billion dollars.
Earlier, the Associated Press reported on the consent of the Secretary of state Rex Tillerson on White house proposals to reduce the budget of his Department (which includes the Agency for international development) by 37 percent, but offered to do it not once, but for three years. However, the Congress was given to understand that this initiative of the White house perceived negatively, it is regarded as a threat to the foreign policy of the United States.
On 27 February it became known about the intentions of the US administration to increase military spending by 54 billion dollars. It was also reported that it is supposed to do in the first place due to the reduction of international aid programs. Reduction in funding may relate to the US state Department and the Agency for environmental protection.
The activities of the state Department and USAID for 2017 is allocated 50.1 billion dollars is slightly more than 1 percent of the expenditure budget of the United States.