Hundreds of US diplomats join letter to Rubio to protest dismantling of USAID

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Source: Reuters

By Humeyra Pamuk
March 5, 2025 7:09 PM EST

Summary

• Cuts undermine US leadership, national security, they say
• Dismantling of USAID risks vacuums for China, Russia to fill

WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - Hundreds of diplomats at the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development have written a letter addressed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio protesting the dismantling of USAID, saying its demise would undermine U.S. leadership and security and create a power vacuum which China and Russia could exploit.

In a cable expected to be filed with the department's internal "dissent channel," which allows diplomats to raise concerns about policy anonymously, the diplomats said the Trump administration's January 20 freeze on almost all foreign aid also endangers American diplomats and forces overseas while putting at risk the lives of millions abroad that depend on U.S. assistance.

More than 700 people have signed onto the letter, a U.S. official speaking on the condition of anonymity said.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-diplomats-dissent-cable-rubio-protest-usaid-dismantling-cut-foreign-aid-2025-03-05/

[SunSeeker]

1. I want to know who ordered to USAID stainless steel letters chiseled off the building.

Arrest them for destruction of federal property, a felony in this case. That front sign edifice alone cost thousands of dollars.

[msongs]

2. not to worry, china will pick up the slack and replace the usa. besides little marco does what he is told nt

[AmericaUnderSiege]

3. You'd have to be able to read for a letter to matter.

Literacy is woke. Don't you know?