The U.S. State Department confirmed Wednesday that the Trump administration is eliminating thousands of foreign assistance awards and grants at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Peter Marocco, brought in by Secretary of State Marco Rubio to help run USAID, said in a statement to the federal district court presiding over two consolidatedlawsuits brought against the administration by aid organizations that following a review, Secretary of State Marco Rubio decided to cut roughly 92% of the agency’s grants, reported NPR.
According to a State Department memoreviewed by the Washington Free Beacon, the 92% figure reflects 5,800 grants valued at $54 billion at USAID that Trump administration officials are set to terminate. Auditors scrutinized over 9,100 more grants at the State Department, 4,100 of which — valued at $4.4 billion — are slated for elimination.
‘Continuing this program is not in the national interest.’
“USAID evaluated 6,200 multi-year awards with $58.2 billion in value remaining,” a State Department spokesmansaid in a statement to Axios. “Nearly 5,800 awards with $54 billion in value remaining were identified for elimination as part…
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