BURLINGTON, Vt. — Mark Green, the former U.S. Agency for International Development administrator, told Devex his decision to join the McCain Institute for International Leadership — a think tank named for the late Senator who had emerged as one of President Donald Trump’s most vocal critics — was not about where he has been, but about where he hopes America will go.
The former foreign aid chief also weighed in on U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization, USAID’s role in the COVID-19 response, and how the pandemic might change U.S. global health engagement.
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