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Not a single one of defendants’ actions to dismantle USAID were taken pursuant to congressional authorization. And pursuant to federal statute, Congress is the only entity that may lawfully dismantle the agency,
We’re not trying to be disruptive to people’s personal lives,
Rubio told reporters in Santo Domingo on Thursday during a joint media availability with Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader We didn’t list them all, but we’re willing to listen to those.”
Rubio claims that USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa."
Atul Gawande, who earlier led USAID, posted on X (formerly Twitter Beyond 30 days, however, Agency funded and arranged return travel may not be available unless an individualized exception is sought and granted,
A lot of people will not survive,
said Atwood, now a senior fellow at Brown University's Watson Institute Every (diplomatic) mission has a certain amount of budget that they get from headquarters to spend on these things, and since this was unplanned, no one’s clear on where the money is actually going to come from and how it’s going to be paid for,
My scary panic button appears to be working, but I have not yet confirmed with security — the app is tied to my USAID email which is deactivated,
they told CNN, noting they have heard from colleagues in other hotspots With my contracting arrangement, I’m responsible for paying my hotel bill (at a hotel I am obliged to stay at) and expenses and seeking reimbursement and per diem thereafter — due to the uncertainty around my contract status, I am unsure if and how I will be able to seek reimbursement,
the USAID official in a dangerous location said It’s beyond surreal. It feels like a cruel joke,
said another USAID official posted in a sensitive location I cannot say for sure whether they [the embassy] are responsible for my safety and evacuation, if needed,
a USAID contractor posted in a dangerous location echoed It is a shameful, vile, unprecedented way to treat public servants, whose safety is at stake following vicious, defamatory Musk statements,
We are all emotionally distraught,
one USAID diplomat posted overseas told CNN We’re talking at least $20 million, if not more, to get all those folks back here to America,
There’s been no explanation as to how to make this happen,
But it is going to be foreign aid that makes sense and is aligned with our national interest,
This is showing that you can do a slash-and-burn to the American governmental apparatus, including foreign aid,
Joia Mukherjee, chief medical officer of the non-profit Partners in Health, told the Guardian Congress needs to stand up and defend USAid. Conservatives have told us that they care about these issues for years,
You know that what is being said about USAid is not true,
This is a dictatorship in the making,
Ed Markey, a senator from Massachusetts, told the crowd
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