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Kate Knibbs @ Wired · 02/04/2025 20:23 EDT

Chaos Consumes USAID as State Department Moves to Send Overseas Staffers Home

The US government’s primary foreign aid agency has employees stationed all over the world, many of whom are now bracing to abruptly leave their posts.

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