US ups Myanmar quake aid, says others should bear burden ...0

The State Department said it was adding $7 million on top of an earlier $2 million, channeled through groups already on the ground in the military-run country where more than 3,000 people are confirmed dead.

The United States has traditionally been at the forefront of disaster relief, but President Donald Trump has dismantled the US humanitarian aid agency, with workers receiving dismissal notices just as the 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck last week.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that humanitarian aid needs to be “properly balanced” against other priorities for the United States.

“There are a lot of other countries in the world, and everyone should pitch in,“ he said.

He took issue with critics who said that the US response could have been faster, saying: “These are people that are part of that NGO industrial complex.”

“They have a military junta that doesn’t like us, doesn't necessarily allow us to operate in that country the way we wanted to. That would have impeded our response no matter what,“ he said.

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