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USAID has $19B to close out agency. Critics push to use funds to save lives
The notification says closeout costs should be far below the total, while Democrats and aid groups press the administration to release money for urgent needs.
The shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has told Congress it has $19 billion in funds to cover costs associated with closing out the programs it terminated last year, according to a notification sent late last month and obtained by The Hill. The notification acknowledges that the price of closing out the agency is…