Former USAID Administrator Samantha Power at SESU in Kyiv. July 23, 2023. Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy Ukraine.
According to The New York Times, nearly all jobs have been cut at USAID. The paper reports:
Job cuts: The Trump administration plans to retain only about 290 of the more than 10,000 employees worldwide at the U.S. Agency for International Development, according to three people with knowledge of the planned cuts to the work force. The cuts were communicated to agency leaders in a call on Thursday. At the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice, 168 employees were placed on administrative leave, according to agency officials. President Trump is widely expected to do away with the office.
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