Posted on 02/06/2025 3:47:49 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The Trump administration will reduce the number of workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development from more than 10,000 to about 290 positions, three people with knowledge of the plans said on Thursday.
The small remaining staff includes employees who specialize in health and humanitarian assistance, the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to publicly discuss the cuts.
A spokeswoman for the State Department, whose umbrella the remnants of the agency have moved under, did not immediately return a request for comment.
U.S.A.I.D. officials were also told on Thursday that about 800 awards and contracts administered through the agency were being canceled, the three people said.
The moves also came just one day before almost all of the agency’s direct hires, including its roster of Foreign Service officers, will be put on indefinite administrative leave, while almost all contractors will see their work orders terminated. Foreign Service officers will have 30 days to return to the United States.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who took control of U.S.A.I.D. as its acting administrator on Monday, insisted during a Fox News interview this week that the takeover was “not about getting rid of foreign aid.”
“But now we have rank insubordination,” he said, adding that U.S.A.I.D. employees had been “completely uncooperative, so we had no choice but to take dramatic steps to bring this thing under control.”
On Thursday, he reiterated the promise that some workers would be offered exemptions to minimize the hardship of the sudden recall. The pledge was made first in a notice put on the U.S.A.I.D. website Tuesday night, announcing employees around the globe would be put on administrative leave or let go by Friday.
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If it weren't for anonymous sources, The New York Times would have no sources at all.
Trump’s America First policy means putting America First. He means business.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who took control of U.S.A.I.D. as its acting administrator on Monday, insisted during a Fox News interview this week that the takeover was “not about getting rid of foreign aid.”
I wonder if the other agencies that are objecting are stating to get the message that “Resistance is futile....” However, for those federal employees that now understand the need to follow Presidential orders....as Spock would say, Live long and prosper” For the rest there are prison cells waiting.
Secy of State Marco Rubio, who took control of USAID as acting administrator on
Monday, insisted on Fox News that the takeover was “not about getting rid of foreign aid.”
“We had rank insubordination,” he said. “USAID employees had been completely
uncooperative. We had no choice but to take dramatic steps to bring this under control.”
Teeth are gnashing all over DC with this news. “Oh noes! How will America survive??!!?” They said the same thing when Elon cut Twitter jobs by 80% and it’s still thriving to this day. 🤣
This is so sad. Hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars just sitting there and 10,000 morons can’t get their hands on it. So sad.
Imagine seeing pics of these 10k people? Those are the types that you see in public and wonder, “how could that person have a job?”
And Obama Judge Ralph Schnitzel is no doubt looking for his pen.
The New York Times ^ | February 6, 2025 | Karoun Demirjian,Aishvarya Kavi
New York Times is going to have to close down that bureau in Karachi where evidently these “reporters” are based.
You are ruining this site with Russian Troll propaganda.
Cut the BS out Putin jock sniffer .
I read earlier tonight it’s upwards of 14,000 people. Bye-bye!
Hey, New York Slimes, Why should we believe ANYTHING you print since you received MILLIONS of $$$$$$$$$$$ from USAID.
Why is a for profit newspaper company getting MILLIONS of $$$$$$ from US taxpayers????? HUH?????
DROP DEAD and FO.
Exactly!!!
bad, Bad, BAD ! little Marco,
KILL IT or it will come back x10 !
-fJRoberts-
“Karoun Demirjian, Aishvarya Kavi “..
Just Hussein Osama’s ‘fundamental transformation’.
What are you, some kind of WHITE NATIONALIST RACSIST ?
Nice Meme, pretty much sums up USAID - they ‘claim’ to just be ‘humanitarian’ do-gooders, but something like 90% of their budget is to brainwash people and start wars, as in Ukraine.
From 14,000 to 294....LOL!!!
Russian troll
slither back to the evil hell you are from .
Before Ice drags you to gitmo .
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