You cut funding from the development programs so you can fulfill all your humanitarian aid commitments.
The development programs stop for the remainder of the year. Your staff who manage these programs and the local teachers and trainers are very disappointed, but you tell them the cuts are temporary. Next year, you will restart these programs.
You call the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to inform him of your decision, and he tells you it was the right one. Congress is focused on meeting America’s needs and would not have given you extra money for Myca.
— Women Entrepreneurs Program trainerMycan women really benefit from the leadership and professional training programs. I’m very sad to see them stop for a whole year.
— U.S. Graphite Importers AssociationMyca is one of America’s most important graphite trading partners. We should give it all the aid we possibly can.
— New York Times op-edI suppose aid has to be the priority. But for the people who want a more democratic Myca, there’s not much to celebrate.
