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The goal of our endeavor has always been to identify programs that work and continue them and to identify programs that are not aligned with our national interest and identify those and address them,
Rubio said Thursday during a visit to the Dominican Republic If it’s providing food or medicine or anything that is saving lives and is immediate and urgent, you’re not included in the freeze. I don’t know how much more clear we can be than that,
Rubio said, questioning the competency of organizations that haven’t applied for a waiver The waiver is 100% meaningless to us,
the USAID official told CNN earlier this week That work is grounded to a halt because there’s no staff to manage it, and there’s no staff in DC to answer questions from partners,
one USAID employee told CNN The work we do on behalf of the US government provides critical health commodities to address HIV/AIDS and malaria around the world, supports efforts to curb migration from Central America, engages the US agriculture partners and know how to support Ukrainian food production, and supports democracies throughout the world,
a spokesperson for Chemonics said in a statement A lot of displaced people and a lot of people who are caught in famine and other crises could be harmed, if not gravely harmed, if not killed by this pullback of aid,
Konyndyk said, warning of the wide-reaching impact on refugees in Sudan, Syria and Gaza Everything has been shut down,
one source with knowledge of the operations at Chemonics, one of the largest USAID contractors, told CNN If a partner proceeds without clarity on what they are allowed to do under their award and under this executive order, then they are taking an enormous risk,
These payments would be for completed work required by existing contracts and for which contractors had already spent the money,
the council said in a statement, calling on the government to “pay its bills.” Our payment systems have been taken over. We no longer can pay. We don’t have staff,
Continued access to any payment systems by DOGE members, even ‘read only,’ likely poses the single greatest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced,
read the email to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service Our members trust him, which is really important,
Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters of Vance this week It’s inappropriate for the federal government to purposely hide the identities of senior officials who are shaping the policies and servicing the public,
said Scott Amey, the general counsel of the Project on Government Oversight He’s the most unqualified person to be sitting in any seat of government, let alone the person who has the keys to our foreign assistance,
another former colleague at USAid who still works at the agency said This was just the Doge dudes just literally on the phone with Musk just getting directions from him,
These people are clueless, given how smart they’re supposed to be,
one USAid employee currently on administrative leave said of the young Doge team They work, actually, out of the White House,
I just don’t like anything which creates a lords and peasants sort of thing,
he told the New York Times Dealbook Summit Hey, I’m transgender, and my name is now Jenna. Don’t tell my dad.”
Wilson was 16 when she texted a relative Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool,
