President Joe Biden pushed for a maritime route to deliver humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip over the objections of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) officials, a new government watchdog report concluded.
The Office of the Inspector General for USAID published an evaluation of the short-lived maritime aid route on Aug. 27.
Among other concerns, the inspector general report concluded that Biden went against the advice of USAID officials when he announced the plan to open a makeshift aid delivery pier on the Gaza shoreline during his March 7 State of the Union address.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) oversaw the construction and operation of the maritime aid route, known as a Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (JLOTS) mission….