United States foreign aid

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The United States government provides tangible and intangible varieties of aid or assistance to several foreign countries and organizations. While this aid is primarily distributed with the goal of advancing the country's national security and commercial interests, it has also bolstered humanitarian causes around the world. The funding for these foreign aid programs comes from American taxpayers and other appropriated revenue sources as assessed by Congress on an annual basis through the United States budget process. It is dispersed through "over 20 U.S. government agencies that manage foreign assistance programs," although about half of all economic assistance is channeled through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Historically, countries of strategic importance to the United States are regularly destined for United States foreign aid. Today, the vast majority of recipients of United States foreign aid are developing countries and countries recovering from...

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