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After months of cuts, State Department says it's officially shuttering USAID
Administration officials have led a widespread effort to dismantle the agency.
The State Department said Friday it was officially shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development, in what could deal a final blow to the beleaguered foreign aid agency.
In a memo distributed to USAID employees and obtained by ABC News, Jeremy Lewin, the agency's new deputy director and a former Department of Government Efficiency official, wrote that the State Department "intends to assume responsibility for many of USAID's functions and its ongoing programming."
The State Department "will seek to retire USAID's independent operation" immediately and "assess" whether to rehire some unknown number of officials to "assume the responsible administration of USAID's remaining life-saving and strategic aid programming," the memo said.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/after-months-cuts-state-department-officially-shuttering-usaid/story?id=120267238
On Delivering an America First Foreign Assistance Program
Press Statement
Marco Rubio, Secretary of State
March 28, 2025
Foreign assistance done right can advance our national interests, protect our borders, and strengthen our partnerships with key allies. Unfortunately, USAID strayed from its original mission long ago. As a result, the gains were too few and the costs were too high.
Thanks to President Trump, this misguided and fiscally irresponsible era is now over. We are reorienting our foreign assistance programs to align directly with what is best for the United States and our citizens. We are continuing essential lifesaving programs and making strategic investments that strengthen our partners and our own country. This is yet another promise made and delivered to the American people.
Note: Today, the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have notified Congress on their intent to undertake a reorganization that would involve realigning certain USAID functions to the Department by July 1, 2025, and discontinuing the remaining USAID functions that do not align with Administration priorities.
https://www.state.gov/on-delivering-an-america-first-foreign-assistance-program/
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On Delivering an America First Foreign Assistance Program
State Department statement on shutting down USAID
On Delivering an America First Foreign Assistance Program
Press Statement
Marco Rubio, Secretary of State
March 28, 2025
Foreign assistance done right can advance our national interests, protect our borders, and strengthen our partnerships with key allies. Unfortunately, USAID strayed from its original mission long ago. As a result, the gains were too few and the costs were too high.
Thanks to President Trump, this misguided and fiscally irresponsible era is now over. We are reorienting our foreign assistance programs to align directly with what is best for the United States and our citizens. We are continuing essential lifesaving programs and making strategic investments that strengthen our partners and our own country. This is yet another promise made and delivered to the American people.
Note: Today, the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have notified Congress on their intent to undertake a reorganization that would involve realigning certain USAID functions to the Department by July 1, 2025, and discontinuing the remaining USAID functions that do not align with Administration priorities.
https://www.state.gov/on-delivering-an-america-first-foreign-assistance-program