Trump administration to cut all USAID overseas roles and axe thousands of staff
by Joseph Gedeon and Robert Tait in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6XWPK)
State department to take control of US foreign assistance programs in mass restructuring by 30 September
The Trump administration will eliminate all USAID (United States Agency for International Development) overseas positions worldwide by 30 September in a dramatic restructuring of remaining US foreign aid operations.
In a Tuesday state department cable obtained by the Guardian, secretary of state Marco Rubio ordered the abolishment of the agency's entire international workforce, transferring control of foreign assistance programs directly to the state department.
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