Bill Gates was right to defend USAID amid Elon Musk’s attacks—take it from someone who experienced its impact

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Bill Gates was right to defend USAID amid Elon Musk’s attacks—take it from someone who experienced its impact

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Butch Meily is president of the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation, IdeaSpace, and QBO Innovation. He is the author of the new memoir From Manila to Wall Street: An Immigrant’s Journey with America’s First Black Tycoon.
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