April 7, 2017 - Mona Yacoubian, former deputy assistant administrator in the Middle East bureau at USAID, joins host Paul Salem to discuss the humanitarian crises facing refugees and internally displaced persons throughout the region, what USAID has been doing to lend assistance, and the potential consequences that could follow budget cuts to its programs.


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