More than 50 private occupational services and foreign service representatives from the US International Agency have been appointed administrative leave on Monday afternoon.
According to the two former USAID staff and the current officials, the lawsuit targets the senior leaders of the station, which is a senior leader of the entire institution, but also the senior lawyer.
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The USAID employee was notified of his decision late on Monday afternoon.
The email from the USAID administrator Jason Gray acquired by NBC News states: “As a result, many USAID employees were placed on the management leave, until they completed the analysis of these actions and were notified.”
The USAID did not respond immediately to the request for comments on Monday evening.
USAID is working on foreign assistance and adjustment of humanitarian development. It is an independent federal agency, but we will receive policy guidance from the Secretary of State.
Some of the institutional responsibilities include the provision of humanitarian relief in response to disputes and natural disasters, as well as global health, sustainability of the environment, and promotion of education.
Former USAID civil servant Jeremy Konyndyk stated that the Trump administration’s decision was a fundamental misunderstanding about what career staff should do.
“In my experience, they always work as an intermediary between the leadership of their building and the political guidance obtained from the White House, and turn it into a development policy,” he said. Konyndyk said. 。
He added that the drastic action was intimidating the whole building and seemed to be an attempt to plant fears.
“This is to destroy the village to save an approach to governance,” he said.
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The Trump administration last week has frozen almost all the US foreign support and complies with President Donald Trump, who has been waiting for 90 days.
The order has suspended new duties and payments for foreign aid, which is holding a screening “for program efficiency and consistency” with US foreign policy.
Trump made another series of movements to reconstruct government components.
Last week, he said that the federal government had legally vague late -night movements to dismiss 18 inspectors, dispatching dozens of national security staff from the White House’s work. Former IntellignCE’s official clearance and diversity, fairness, and a greenery to end the federal employees to end the federal employee.
