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USAID closure sparks criticism from former presidents Bush, Obama
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the closure of USAID on Tuesday, saying “this era of government-sanctioned ...
Farewell to USAID: Reflections on the agency that President Trump dismantled
July 1 is the official end date for the agency that President Trump dismantled. We talk to four former top officials about ...
Bush teams up with notorious Trump foes to trash 'colossal mistake' shuttering USAID
Former Presidents Bush and Obama, along with U2's Bono, console USAID employees as the agency is shuttered amid Trump ...
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The end of USAID, the world's largest development aid agency, will result in more than 14 million deaths
This week, the Trump administration has officially ceased to implement "foreign assistance programs that do not align with the Administration's policies and promote U.S. interests". One of the first ...
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USAID officially closes, attracts condemnation from Obama and Bush
Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush reacted as the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has ...
The US says ‘little to show‘ for six-decade aid agency. Supporters point to millions of lives saved
Some staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development describe racing the clock to try to push out promised funds ...
Obama, Bush and Bono eulogize USAID on final day
The US Agency for International Development, a humanitarian organization, has been gutted by the Trump administration ...
USAID programs now being run by State Department as agency ends operations
The State Department is taking over programs previously run by the U.S. Agency for International Development, also known as ...
Bono Addresses Fired USAID Staffers in Leaked Video: ‘You Were The Best of Us’
The U2 frontman appears alongside Barack Obama and George W. Bush in a video thanking USAID employees for their work in ...
USAID cuts could lead to millions of deaths, researchers warn
From disaster relief to fighting world hunger, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was at the center of it all. But now, several medical researchers are issuing a chilling ...
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Rubio hails end of USAID as Bush, Obama deplore cost in lives
The US foreign aid agency formally closed down Tuesday, with President Donald Trump's administration trumpeting the end of ...
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Study: USAID cuts could lead to 14 million global deaths over the next 5 years
New research published in the journal The Lancet warns that cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development could ...