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Pompeo dismisses data showing positive impact of Central American aid, defends cuts
Source: CNN
Pompeo dismisses data showing positive impact of Central American aid, defends cuts
By Nicole Gaouette, CNN
Updated 2150 GMT (0550 HKT) April 12, 2019
Washington (CNN)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the Trump administration's decision to cut aid to Central American countries in a Friday interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead," dismissing data that shows aid has lowered murder rates and migrant flows to the US in the past.
Tapper cited State Department statistics that show that after the US launched an aid program to El Salvador, homicide rates went down and the number of migrants fleeing to the US dropped as well.
Similar results were seen in Honduras and Guatemala, the other two "Northern Triangle" countries to which the Trump administration announced April 1 that it will cut aid.
Tapper asked Pompeo if the aid cuts were "self-defeating" given past results.
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When Tapper pointed out that the data showed the aid had a positive impact and that the numbers came from Pompeo's own department, the top US diplomat said, "I think that President Trump's decision makes perfect sense ... I think the data you describe proves this point."
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By Nicole Gaouette, CNN
Updated 2150 GMT (0550 HKT) April 12, 2019
Washington (CNN)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the Trump administration's decision to cut aid to Central American countries in a Friday interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead," dismissing data that shows aid has lowered murder rates and migrant flows to the US in the past.
Tapper cited State Department statistics that show that after the US launched an aid program to El Salvador, homicide rates went down and the number of migrants fleeing to the US dropped as well.
Similar results were seen in Honduras and Guatemala, the other two "Northern Triangle" countries to which the Trump administration announced April 1 that it will cut aid.
Tapper asked Pompeo if the aid cuts were "self-defeating" given past results.
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When Tapper pointed out that the data showed the aid had a positive impact and that the numbers came from Pompeo's own department, the top US diplomat said, "I think that President Trump's decision makes perfect sense ... I think the data you describe proves this point."
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/12/politics/pompeo-tapper-central-america-aid-cnntv/index.html