Obama and Bush call Trump’s USAID closure a ‘travesty’ as report warns of 14 million extra deaths
by Kat Lay, Global health correspondent from on (#6YBJ7)
Former presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush and singer Bono send emotional message to staff as organisation closes
Barack Obama and George W Bush have criticised the closure of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), as a study warned it could result in a staggering number" of avoidable deaths - more than 14 million over five years.
The former US presidents made rare public criticisms of the Trump administration as they took part in a video farewell for USAID staffers on Monday on its last day as an independent organisation.
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