Biden pushed Gaza pier over warnings it would undercut other aid routes, watchdog says
- President Joe Biden approved a plan for humanitarian aid delivery to Gaza via a floating military pier, despite internal warnings about challenges and objections regarding its impact on diplomacy, according to a report.
- The report noted that USAID staff expressed concerns that Biden's focus on the pier undermined efforts for more efficient land crossings.
- The watchdog found that USAID had limited control over the pier's use, location, and security arrangements despite being the lead agency for humanitarian assistance in Gaza.
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Watchdog: US Officials Swept Aside Aid Group Concerns in Gaza Aid Pier Planning
The Biden administration swept aside objections about the harmful effects its military pier in Gaza would have on aid delivery efforts in the project’s planning stages, a damning new report from a government watchdog finds. According to a report published Tuesday by the agency watchdog for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), administration staff and the World Food Programme… Source
Watchdog says Biden pushed Gaza pier despite warnings
Washington — U.S. President Joe Biden pressed on with plans for a troubled aid pier for Gaza despite internal warnings, a watchdog said, as the White House defended the operation Wednesday as a "comprehensive response" to a humanitarian crisis. Biden expressed disappointment with the performance of the pier operated by the U.S. military, which repeatedly had to be removed from shore due to bad weather. But the watchdog for the U.S. Agency for …
US Aid Agency Advised Against US Pier for Gaza Supplies: Watchdog Report
President Joe Biden pushed for a maritime route to deliver humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip over the objections of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) officials, a new government watchdog report concluded. The Office of the Inspector General for USAID published an evaluation of the short-lived maritime aid route on Aug. 27. Among other concerns, the inspector general report concluded that Biden went against the advice of USA…
Biden had disastrous $230M Gaza aid pier built despite warnings: watchdog
President Biden charged ahead with a $230 million pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza despite the urgings of multiple federal aid workers, according to an internal report on the project that delivered less than a third of the intended assistance to the Hamas-ruled Palestinian enclave.
Biden authorized humanitarian aid pier in Gaza despite warnings: Report
President Joe Biden ordered a temporary pier be constructed to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza earlier this year – even though experts said it wasn’t a good idea, according to a government watchdog. Staffers warned the president that the pier would face significant challenges. A new report from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) said warnings over weather in the Mediterranean Sea and security challenges were raised, due to it b…
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