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Administrator Samantha Power’s Interview with Al Arabiya

Samantha Power, United States Agency for International Development, USAID Administrator, welcome to Al Arabiya.



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Administrator Samantha Power and Ukraine Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov’s Conversation with Kara Swisher During Diia in DC

Thank you. So we have a lot to talk about. I'm so glad Ukraine has solved all our technology problems. It would be really nice to have an app like this in the United States, but we don't, and probably never will. Good for them. Anyway, we're going to bring them on right now.


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Administrator Samantha Power at Diia in DC

Good morning everybody! I am absolutely thrilled to be here. I want to thank you Kara Swisher, President Zelenskyy, and all of you for joining us.


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Remarks delivered by USAID Sri Lanka and Maldives Acting Mission Director, Debra Mosel, at the “Malaiyaham 200” - an event to mark 200 years of Malaiyaha Tamil community in Sri Lanka.

It is a privilege to address you on this solemn occasion for the Malaiyaha Tamil community. Marking this occasion gives both an opportunity to look back at the 200 years of the community’s journey and the opportunity to look forward.


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Administrator Samantha Power with Larry Madowo on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360

CNN traveled with USAID Administrator Samantha Power to Eastern Chad. The U.S. is giving more than $100 million to support the over one million people displaced by the war across Sudan and in neighboring countries.


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Administrator Samantha Power’s Remarks Following a Meeting With Chad Transitional President Mahamat Deby

Thank you. This is my fourth trip to Chad. I took two trips back in 2004, when genocide was being perpetrated in Darfur.


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Administrator Samantha Power’s Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee

Thank you Mr. Chairman McCaul. Thank you, Ranking Member Meeks, and to all of you for being here today and to all distinguished members of the Committee.


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USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman’s trip to Pakistan

From June 6-9, Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman traveled to Pakistan to underscore the United States’ relationship and partnership with Pakistan and highlight U.S. efforts to support Pakistan’s flood relief and recovery efforts.


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USAID Providing Additional Humanitarian Assistance to Respond to Rising Needs in Haiti

The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing $53.7 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the people of Haiti.


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Vice President Kamala Harris Announces More Than $100 Million in Support for the Caribbean

Today in Nassau, The Bahamas, Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted more than $100 million, including $98 million in new funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to address climate, energy, food security, and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean.


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Administrator Samantha Power Meets with Strive Masiyiwa, Founder and Executive Chairman of Econet

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Jessica Jennings:‎On June 7, Administrator Samantha Power met with Strive Masiyiwa, Founder and Executive Chairman of Econet. Mr. Masiyiwa served as Special Advisor to African Presidents on Food Security for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.


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USAID’s Response to the Kakhovka Dam Destruction

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is responding to the humanitarian, environmental, and economic impacts caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine’s Kherson region on June 6.



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USAID Announces Funding to Support Flood-Affected Communities in Pakistan

Today in Sindh, Pakistan, USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman announced $16.4 million in additional development and humanitarian assistance to support the resilience of communities in Pakistan that experienced 2022’s historically severe floods, which impacted an estimated 33 million people and had a devastating impact on infrastructure, crops, livelihoods, and livestock throughout the country.


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USAID and Corteva Agriscience Combine Efforts to Support Ukrainian Farmers

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Agriculture Resilience Initiative - Ukraine (AGRI-Ukraine) announced a new collaboration with Corteva Agriscience to help meet Ukrainian farmers’ immediate and long-term needs for sunflower and corn seeds, crop protection, and financing.


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USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman Travels to Pakistan, India, G20

On June 6-9, USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman will travel to Pakistan to underscore the United States’ commitment to its more than 75 year partnership with Pakistan, and to highlight U.S. efforts to support Pakistan’s flood relief and recovery efforts.


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Celebrating Pride Month 2023

In the early hours of June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York’s Greenwich Village.


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Administrator Samantha Power Meets with Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Jessica Jennings:‎Today, Administrator Samantha Power met with Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan.