Nation building did not work as President Kennedy had envisioned because ___________________.
A) the monetary aid was usually funneled through a self-interested elite and often did not reach the very poor
B) Congress refused to appropriate the sums of money needed to make the program succeed
C) the Soviet Union gave more foreign aid to the Third World than did the United States
D) Communist subversives staged violent protests, which forced many countries to reject the U.S. offer of assistance

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Nation building often failed because the aid money was not reaching the poorest people in the countries receiving aid, as it was often siphoned off by corrupt leaders.

Nation Building Did Not Work as President Kennedy Had Envisioned