Senior USAID official put on leave

Senior USAID official put on leave after memo contradicting Rubio on aid
A top U.S. International Agency for Development (USAID) official has been put on leave after he released a memo that slammed the Trump administration’s moves to cut aid and said they will cause
USAID official put on administrative leave for scathing memo blaming political appointees for affecting ‘life-saving’ work
A top official at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was put on leave after issuing a scathing memo blaming Trump political appointees for the US government’s inability to conduct life-saving humanitarian work.
USAID Official Warns of Unnecessary Deaths From Trump's Foreign Aid Block, Then Says He's Been Put on Leave
A senior official with the U.S. Agency for International Development in an email on Sunday warned that the Trump administration's dismantling of the agency will result in unnecessary deaths -- only to email his staff less than 30 minutes later to say that he had been placed on leave.
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The memo contradicts claims by Secretary of State Marco Rubio that he has put in place a functioning system for exempting lifesaving assistance from the aid freeze.
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Even as President Donald Trump froze US foreign aid and began dismantling the US Agency for International Development, his top diplomat Marco Rubio promised that waivers would ensure that “life-saving” assistance continued.
Senior USAID administrator placed on leave after warning of barriers to lifesaving aid
A senior USAID official was ousted after sharing a memo telling staff that people would needless die and national security would be massively impacted by the agency's failure to disburse "life-saving" foreign assistance.
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