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Who is responsible for oversight of US AID?

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Primarily the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Agency for International Development, though Congress clearly has a role to play.

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Does not the President of the United States have a judicious responsibility of all oversight of our governments?

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Not really.

I'm mean, I'm sure there's a role a president can play in all kinds of government oversight, but in our system of divided government, this falls more in line with Congress.

Also, Cliff saw my previous comment to you and passed this additional info along:

"FWIW: Trump illegally fired the IG for pointing out DOGE's approach was counterproductive, and the IG was one of the few people who was making real progress on trying to root out waste, fraud and abuse."

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Mr. Daly, do you believe Congress is effectively doing its job in overseeing federal agencies?

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I don't think Congress is effectively doing its job in any arena. And whenever someone stands up and does something important and noble, they get taken to the woodshed for their trouble, typically by their own party.

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I guess the Supreme Court will be the final arbiter

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At some point it would be great if the executive and legislative branches actually did their jobs, and stayed in their lanes, so we wouldn't have to rely on an overwhelmed judiciary to clean up the mess.

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