American funding still unavailable for deployment of Kenyan police in Haiti

The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul, and Senator Jim Risch, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, have both blocked the $40 million requested by the US State Department, warning the administration that it needs "much more detail" before obtaining further funds, according to a Reuters dispatch on Friday, March 15, 2024. The $40 million would cover the essential costs of the Multinational Security Support Mission, with leadership to be provided by Kenya. "Given the long hist