Former USAID leaders speak out against Trump’s attempt to dismantle agency

The Hill

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SOME $94 million or P4 billion worth of projects under the Department of Education (DepEd) will be affected by US President Donald Trump's move to suspend programs under the United States Agency for International Development (USAid).
The Manila Times
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As questions swirl about USAID's future and its alleged liberal bias, a Washington Examiner review has found that the agency feeds many of its prominent alumni into left-of-center activist and research organizations.
The Gazette
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Five former leaders of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) from across Republican and Democratic administrations spoke out against the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the humanitarian agency and called on “Congress to swiftly protect the Agency’s statutory role.”
CNN
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Lawsuits based on loss of income could be used to bring up weighty constitutional claims over presidential power in the face of congressional legislation that set up and funds the agency and its programs.
NBC News

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