The Trump administration is moving to cut over 20 cultural exchange programs under the Department of State, it was reported Friday, raising concerns that flagship programs like Fulbright could be next.

The Alliance for International Exchange told Newsweek that it had learned that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) had decided to cut at least 22 offerings from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) totaling around $100 million in annual funding.

"While this does not impact flagship programs like Fulbright, Gilman, and IVLP at the moment, it sets a dangerous precedent," Mark Overmann, executive director of the Alliance, told Newsweek . "If OMB is allowed to act with impunity and unilaterally and cancel already appropriated ECA funding, it opens the door for the

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