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The Trump administration will put most of the United States Agency for International Development Employees on a vacation that starts on Friday and asks employees abroad to return to the United States within 30 days.
This step, communicate to Usaid Employees in an internal email and on its website, is the latest in a series of strikes to the main foreign assistance agency in Washington over the past two weeks, as President Donald Trump and his ally billionaire Illon Musk restore the formation of the US government and cut what they describe as the federal spending.
The declaration of panic among thousands of US Agency for International Development in Washington and around the world, and many of them work abroad with their families.
Since Trump took office, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio Freezing For all external assistance, later add some exceptions to “life -saving” humanitarian assistance. Musk said that he is about to dismantle the agency.
Rubio told Congress on Monday that he had him Be the official official He was exploring parts of the United States Development Agency for the Foreign Development Agency.
After Friday, “all direct employment employees in the United States will be placed on an administrative vacation worldwide, with the exception of the appointed employees responsible for important important jobs, basic leadership and specific programs.”
He added that the main employees who expect to continue to work will be informed of their status by Thursday noon. Usaid will consider “exceptions to each case separately and re -travel attachments” to family or personal conditions and transportation and safety concerns, according to the notice.
About two -thirds of the United States Agency for International Development serves 10,000 employees abroad in more than 60 missions, according to Congress Research Service.
Since the American Agency for International Development was established by Congress as an independent body, the president has no power to cancel it. However, in the past few days, Trump has shown a wide symptom of its cavity.
“Congress still should behave if you really want to kill the US International Development Agency, but until this happens is the end,” said a former US Agency for International Development. “The nail is postponed in the coffin.”
