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The Government Efficiency Department (DOGE), led by technology billionaire Elon MuskIt is the purpose of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and, according to sources in the Senior Congress, moved to take advantage of the control of the independent agency over the weekend.
Higher Congress sources told Fox News that more than 50 members of the UPSAid staff were put on administrative leave and subject to a gagger, which means that they were not allowed to communicate with No one outside the agency without approval.
Signs were also taken from the USAID headquarters in the Ronald Reagan building in Washington, DC and the Doo team took over the computer systems, according to sources. The USAID is responsible for distributing foreign aid and care for the development of civilian outside in the countries of the world. The agency managed about $ 40 billion in appropriating last year, According to Congressional Research Service.
On Sunday, The Associated Press reported that the Trump administration placed two main security chiefs in USAID on leave after denying the classified material in areas restricted to DOGE.
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After the access to USAID information was rejected, DOGE achieved this access on Saturday, allowing them to see things like intelligence reports, a current and a former North -American Officer at the ‘AP.
Dooge team members did not have enough safety of security to access information, so the two safety officials USAID (John Voorhees and Deputy Brian McGill) believed that they were legally obliged to deny access.
On Sunday, Musk aimed at Usaid on his X social network platform X, saying: “Usaid is a criminal organization. The time to die.”
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He also wrote other publications on the agency, saying things like: “Usaid was the state of Marxists in the state with the left -wing Marxists who hate America” and “Usaid is evil”.
The latter responded to a charge that suggests that USAID helped fund Coronavirus Research in Wuhan, China, who referred to an interaction published in Forbes between Senator Rand Paul, R-KY, and now a former manager of the USAID Samantha Power in April 2023.
ABC News reported that those who knew USAID wondered if the movements were made in USAID to try to move the State Department Agency, where there could be better accountability.
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Last week, at least 56 USAID officials were administrative permission with full benefits and benefits, and several hundreds of Washington -based contractors and other places were fired.
The actions took place after the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, acting on Trump’s executive order, paused everything United States Foreign Assistance funded by OA through the State Department and USAID.
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The 90 -day break has stopped thousands of humanitarian, development and security programs funded by the United States worldwide, and forced the help organizations to dismiss hundreds of employees because they cannot pay attention.
Chris Pandolfo and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
