Two senior security managers of the American agency for international development were put on administrative leave, the last in a series of suspensions and layoffs at the main humanitarian aid of the United States government.
President Trump envisages spectacular changes to the USAID, while the advisers examine where there is overlapping with other agencies or where his expenses are contrary to the president’s positions.
USAID Director for Security John Vorhees and Deputy Security Director Brian McGill were on leave on Saturday evening, two confirmed sources at CBS News.
Two sources said to Associated Press This decision was made after the two officials refused to authorize the staff of the Elon Musk staff (DOGE) to access classified documents in limited areas. Doge’s spokesperson Katie Miller did not respond to requests for comments, but made Republican the article AP on x With the commentary, “no classified equipment has been accessible without appropriate security authorization.”
Vice-president JD Vance is responsible for determining the next stages of the USAID reform, by person familiar with Trump’s decision. A spokesperson for Vance refused to comment.
Trump told journalists on Sunday evening when he returned to Washington, DC, Palm Beach, Florida, that USAID was led by “a bunch of radical madmen”.
“We take them out,” he said, “then we will make a decision.”
No decree was imminent – the managers are still in the planning phase, sources said last week. But the president is interested in reforming the agency, they said.
An option is to fold it back to the State Department, but other possibilities are on the table, two sources told CBS News.
Republican representative Brian Mast, president of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who offers supervision of the State Department, said Sunday on “Face The Nation with Margaret Brennan“This USAID” will probably be more closely rolled under secretary Rubio. “USAID already reports to the Secretary of State, but the Trump administration is looking for ways to combine it or fold it in the State Department.
Mast did not detail the specific changes made, but indicated that he intended to also initiate changes via the congress. USAID was created in 1961 by an act of Congress.
“I would absolutely be for, if it is the path we take, by removing USAID as a distinct department, and by making it fall if the other parts of the United States, Department of State, because of its Failure, “said Mast”, facing the nation.
Margaret Brennan
