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US Official 'Disagrees' With Iraqi Cardinal Over US Help for Christians
By John L. Allen Jr.

After an Iraqi cardinal said Tuesday that the U.S. government has "done nothing" to aid beleaguered Christians in his country, a Trump administration official on Wednesday insisted that "the U.S. is helping a tremendous amount, by any measure."

"We have mobilized a massive amount of resources," said Mark Green, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, one day after the American State Department released data showing $178 million has been allocated as aid to Iraq's Christians.

That data also asserted that the U.S. government has worked with 36 faith-based organizations, 11 local faith organizations, and 27 international organizations to provide aid, including the Knights of Columbus, of which Green is a former member.

Read more at: http://aina.org/news/20181018182138.htm

Also: https://cruxnow.com/church-in-asia-oceania/2018/10/18/trump-aide-disagrees-with-iraqi-cardinal-over-us-help-for-christians/