Democrats press Rubio on USAID, State Deptartment program terminations

Democrats press Rubio on USAID, State Deptartment program terminations

Democratic Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) and Brian Schatz (Hawaii) pressed Secretary of State Marco Rubio over recent firings at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in a Thursday letter requesting his testimony before Congress on the matter.  “We are writing with grave concern regarding your decisions this week to fire or place on leave…

Statement from Global Health Council on the Mass Termination of USAID and State Department Grants

The decision to terminate thousands of USAID and State Department foreign assistance grants is a tragedy of historic proportions. With the stroke of a pen, the U.S. government has gutted… The post Statement from Global Health Council on the Mass Termination of USAID and State Department Grants appeared first on Public Health Update.