USAID puts staff on 'administrative leave'

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Most of USAID's 10,000 staff placed on leave amid US foreign aid review
A significant number of personnel directly employed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will be temporarily suspended from their roles starting Friday, February 7, as part of a broader review of US foreign aid.
US updates: USAID puts staff on 'administrative leave'
The staff of the humanitarian agency will go on leave before midnight on February 7. Meanwhile, protests against Trump's executive orders are planned at state capitol buildings in all 50 states. DW has more.
USAID places staff on leave as part of Trump's purge
WASHINGTON - The US government's giant humanitarian agency USAID on Tuesday announced it was placing its staff in the United States and around the world on administrative leave as it moved to recall employees from overseas postings.
USAID employees posted outside of the US to be placed on administrative leave
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