15 hours ago · Secretary of State Marco Rubio tapped Pete Marocco, the director of foreign assistance at the State Department, to run USAID and launch some kind of internal review of its work. That might not ...

1 day ago · Rubio tapped Pete Marocco, the director of foreign assistance at the State Department, to begin reviewing all of the work done by USAID. He also warned that certain projects or programs might be ...

1 day ago · What’s going on with USAID? On his first day in office Jan. 20, Trump implemented a 90-day freeze on foreign assistance. Four days later, Peter Marocco — a returning political appointee from Trump’s first term — drafted a tougher than expected interpretation of that order, a move that shut down thousands of programs around the world and forced furloughs and layoffs.

1 day ago · In a letter to legislators on Monday, Rubio stated that he had given interim administrator power to Pete Marocco, a Trump nominee who worked at USAID during the president’s first term and has been charged by officials and aid organisations of purposefully undermining the agency.

1 day ago · Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, told reporters he had taken over the U.S. Agency for International Development and would delegate its day-to-day business to Pete Marocco, the department’s ...

1 day ago · Rubio said in a letter to lawmakers Monday he had delegated the authority of acting administrator to Pete Marocco, a Trump appointee who served at USAID in the president’s first term and has ...

2 days ago · Rubio said he has authorized Peter Marocco, a political appointee who worked at USAID, State and the Commerce Department during Trump's first administration, to serve as deputy administrator and ...

1 day ago · 3:54 p.m. EST, Feb. 3 Rubio appointed Pete Marocco, USAID’s director of foreign assistance, to oversee day-to-day operations of the agency (Marocco served at USAID during the first Trump ...

Dec 10, 2024 · Pete Marocco, who served in the Department of Defense, State and Commerce under Trump, was seen at Trump’s headquarters in Florida this past week conducting interviews and assisting with the...

Pete Marocco is Assistant to the Administrator, leading the Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization (CPS), and serves as the Agency’s Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Coordinator.