nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3|||Trump Redirects Foreign Aid Agency To Work On Pandemic. Congress Has Questions||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||President Trump gave a foreign aid agency an unusual task: give loans to domestic companies to help refill the depleted U.S. medical stockpile. House appropriators want an independent review.

President Trump announced the new role for the Development Finance Corp. in May while touring Owens & Minor Inc., a medical supply company in Allentown, Pa.



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Trump Redirects Foreign Aid Agency To Work On Pandemic. Congress Has Questions

President Trump gave a foreign aid agency an unusual task: give loans to domestic companies to help refill the depleted U.S. medical stockpile. House appropriators want an independent review.