Under Pete Marocco’s lead, nearly all USAID staff was fired, with funding slashed and contractors dismissed
Pete Marocco, the Trump administration official who played a major role in dismantling the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has left the state department, a US official said on Sunday.
Donald Trump’s administration has moved to fire nearly all USAID staff, as billionaire Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” has slashed funding and dismissed contractors across the federal bureaucracy in what it calls an attack on wasteful spending.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/13/trump-pete-marocco-leaves-state-department
Author : Reuters
Publish date : 2025-04-13 23:42:00
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