'They've been deceptive, they've been slow, and they've been Chinese apologists. I don't think they're a good investment under the current leadership for the United States.'
Sen. Lindsey Graham wants to cut U.S. funding to the World Health Organization , the specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health, unless it changes its leadership.
The WHO, which received 14.67 percent of its funding from the U.S. in 2018 and 2019, is currently led by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, an Ethiopian microbiologist who has served as its Director-General since 2017. "I'm not going to support funding the WHO under its current leadership," Graham said during a Fox News appearance."They've been deceptive, they've been slow, and they've been Chinese apologists.
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to members of the press after a Senate Republican luncheon in the Hart Senate Office Building March 19, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.His pledge echoes a similar threat made by U.S. President Donald Trump during Tuesday's White House coronavirus briefing.
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