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    Kay Granger has some concerns

    She counts Central American first ladies and Middle Eastern kings among her friends — and picks winners and losers on U.S. foreign aid. The powerful Republican wants more oversight of U.S. aid programs, and she's done her homework. A Devex exclusive.

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    Kay Granger is worried about the black rhinoceros.

    “I can’t even imagine that in my time in Congress I could see that there are no black rhinos, no elephants in the wild,” the Republican representative from Texas — and power broker on U.S. foreign affairs — told Devex in an exclusive interview.

    “I’m going to do everything I can to keep that from happening,” she said.

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      Michael Igoe is a Senior Reporter with Devex, based in Washington, D.C. He covers U.S. foreign aid, global health, climate change, and development finance. Prior to joining Devex, Michael researched water management and climate change adaptation in post-Soviet Central Asia, where he also wrote for EurasiaNet. Michael earned his bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College, where he majored in Russian, and his master’s degree from the University of Montana, where he studied international conservation and development.

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