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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: Why American Funding for the United Nations is a Bargain
Description: It's budget season in Washington, DC. And this year (like last year) the White House has requested massive cuts to foreign affairs spending in general, and to the United Nations in particular. The Fiscal Year 2019 budget request from the White House asks for about a 30% overall cut in non-military international affairs spending over current spending levels. Congress, which ultimately controls the purse strings, has largely pushed back against these more draconian spending measures. On the line with me to discuss how the United Nations fits into the US budget and spending debates ongoing in Washington, DC is P...