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00:00The Veterans Support Centre in Western Ukraine is a vital resource for veterans of the war
00:05with Russia, offering advice on benefits, financial assistance and job opportunities.
00:11But after the U.S. State Department froze nearly all foreign assistance worldwide, its
00:16future is unclear.
00:18Workshops, lectures, educational events, informational events, everything we have been doing for
00:24four years in Venice, we have to put on hold.
00:28Hundreds of aid programs are on edge after U.S. President Donald Trump paused trillions
00:34of dollars in federal spending, domestic and foreign.
00:38The global impact of U.S. foreign aid is massive.
00:41It funds programs fighting disease, malnutrition and human trafficking, security programs and
00:47aid for pregnant women and babies.
00:49Three million lives a year are saved just from U.S. aid-funded immunization programs.
00:55The White House says Trump ordered the freeze to root out any funding that isn't consistent
01:00with his agenda.
01:02So what does this pause mean?
01:04It means no more funding for illegal DEI programs.
01:07It means no more funding for the Green New Scam that has cost American taxpayers tens
01:12of billions of dollars.
01:14It means no more funding for transgenderism and wokeness across our federal bureaucracy
01:19and agencies.
01:21Initially, only emergency food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt were exempt
01:27from the foreign aid pause.
01:29But after international uproar, Secretary of State Marco Rubio granted a waiver to continue
01:34funding humanitarian programs that provide life-saving medicine, medical services, food,
01:40shelter and subsistence assistance.
01:43Still, many organizations are unclear whether they are allowed to operate and worry about
01:49losing staff and infrastructure.
01:52Trump's order is being challenged in U.S. courts.
01:55And Tuesday, a judge temporarily blocked the directive.
01:59The White House says it will defend the funding freeze.
02:02And this fight is likely to go all the way to the Supreme Court.