USAID staff told all jobs not required by law to be eliminated

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Personnel of the U.S. Agency for International Development were told on Friday that all positions there not required by law would be eliminated, after the State Department notified Congress it would discontinue USAID functions that do not align with Trump administration priorities.

USAID staff were informed of the decision by an internal memo from Jeremy Lewin, a member of billionaire Elon Musk’s job-slashing Department of Government Efficiency, who has been acting as a deputy administrator at the agency.

In the memo, which was reviewed by Reuters, Lewin said all USAID positions not set in law “will be eliminated” and that all agency personnel around the world would shortly receive emails notifying them of the decision. Staff would be given the choice of termination on July 1 or September 2, the memo said.

Over the next three months, the State Department would assume USAID’s remaining "life-saving and strategic aid programming," the memo said.

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Jonathan Landay and Daphne Psaledakis
Fri, March 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM EDT 2 min read


Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/state-department-notified-congress-intent-164708172.html

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1. I can't imagine the turmoil and stresses these folks--and their families are going though b/c of Trump-Musk!!

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2. So agencies will lack the personnel to carry out policies.

Hey that saves money.