Biden pushed Gaza pier over warnings it would undercut other aid routes, watchdog says
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza this year even as some at the U.S. Agency for International Development expressed
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The Biden administration set a goal of the U.S. sea route and pier providing food to feed 1.5 million of Gaza's people for 90 days. It fell short, bringing in enough to feed about 450,000 people for a month before shutting down.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza this year even as some at the U.S. Agency for International Development expressed
By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden authorized the troubled Gaza pier operation as officials warned the humanitarian aid effort would face weather challenges in the Mediterranean Sea and security problems in an active war zone, according to a newly released government watchdog report…
President Biden ordered a temporary pier be built to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza despite expressed concerns that the effort would be difficult to pull off, according to a USAID report.
President Biden charged ahead with a $230 million pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza despite the urgings of multiple federal aid workers, according to an internal report on the project that delivered less than a third of the intended assistance to the Hamas-ruled Palestinian enclave.
A new report from a U.S. watchdog says President Joe Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza earlier this year over warnings from staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
President Joe Biden ordered the U.S. military to build a pier to provide another way to transport humanitarian aid into Gaza despite USAID staffers' concerns.
Government officials warned President Joe Biden that his plan to build a humanitarian pier off the coast of Gaza would face major challenges, but Biden pushed the $230 million plan anyway, an internal report reveals.
The Gaza pier project faced early concerns within the U.S. government, including a warning that rough seas could pose a challenge, an inspector general found.
USAid staff were concerned that pier, which cost $230m and operated for only 20 days, would undermine efforts to push Israel to open land borders to aid
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