USAID ordered to shut down by Friday as thousands of relief workers sent packing from more than 100 countries
The United States Agency for International Development was ordered to close on Friday in the midst of Elon Musk’s efforts to dismantle it.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now working diligently to recall thousands of employees around the world, two sources that are familiar with the discussions Reuters told.
The employees were told by Peter Marocco, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, that all USAID – employees and their families should be returned to the United States by Friday – although that deadline could be delayed.
USAID employees in many agencies at the headquarters of the Bureau in Washington DC also received a memo that they are placed on administrative leave, According to PBS Newshour correspondent Lisa Desjardins.
It said that they must be available to report to the work ‘if aimed to do this’ and must be available by telephone and e -mail during normal office hours.
But they are ‘not to enter USAID buildings, to access USAID systems or try to use your position or authority with USAID in no way without my prior permission or prior permission from a supervisor in your command structure’, wrote Marocco, the acting deputy manager, the acting deputy manager for policy and planning and acting deputy manager for management and resources.
Two employees who have been placed on administrative leave said that every desk agency is instructed to leave a ‘skeleton team’ to help identify programs to be closed.
Department of Government Efficiency Head Elon Musk dismantled the United States Agency for International Development

All overseas missions for the United States Agency for International Development were closed on Tuesday by the US Department of Foreign Affairs
The move comes when President Donald Trump’s government is planning to merge USAID – the primary humanitarian agency of Washington that spreads billions of dollars abroad – with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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