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NEW: The Trump administration has cleared out much of the leadership of @USAID, placing dozens of career officials on administrative leave and accusing unnamed U.S. officials of trying to “circumvent” Trump’s executive order freezing all foreign aid.W/ @JStein_WaPo

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The move comes as the Trump admin seeks to radically reorient Washington’s relationship w/ foreign aid, which has caused agitation within the bureaucracy and ground to a halt aid projects related to malnutrition, AIDS prevention, democracy promotion and civil society

Trump has long criticized foreign aid, complaining that it too often goes to countries that don’t show respect to the United States. Over the weekend, his spokeswoman at the State Department, Tammy Bruce, defended the move, saying the United States will no longer “blindly dole out money with no return for the American people.”

Trump's move came under fire by the UN-Sec Gen on Monday:

Trump administration puts senior USAID officials on leave, accusing agency of circumventing orders on aid. Following @politico

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