“US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced 83% of the USAID Agency (USAID) programs after a six -week check. The rest of the programs will be managed by the State Department.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Rubio in social network X, reports “European Truth”
Details: According to him, the 5200 contracts that are now canceled were “spent tens of billions of dollars.” The Secretary of State says these funds were spent “not in the interests of the United States”.
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Direct language: “After consultation with Congress, we intend to have the rest of the programs (about 1000), which we store, are now more effectively governed by the State Department.”
Details: He thanked the government’s efficiency department “who worked for a very long time to achieve this ripe and historical reform.”
Prehistory:
- On February 7, US President Donald Trump said that the US Agency for International Development “Corruption has reached an unprecedented level” and therefore needs to be liquidated.
- Recently, Trump has been hinted at considering lawsuits against US Agency’s staff, as well as grant recipients, because of suspicion of abusing external assistance.