Rubio blames 'insubordination' at USAID

Rubio blames 'insubordination' at USAID for major upheaval at development agency
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the original intention was to keep the U.S. Agency for International Development running while reviewing how money was being spent. But he said the government received no cooperation and employees were acting in “contravention” and “insubordination.
Rubio accuses USAID of ‘rank insubordination’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio called out the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday for what he called “rank insubordination,” adding that the agency and its procedures need an overhaul.
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Rubio Says ‘Insubordination’ Inside USAID Forced Sweeping Action
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration had to take a hardline approach toward the US Agency for International Development because of resistance and “insubordination” by some of its staff toward efforts to conduct a more orderly review of its global programs.
Marco Rubio taking over as acting head of USAID amid agency turmoil
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is being put in charge of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as the Trump administration mulls the future of the agency. Rubio told reporters
Rubio defends dismantling of USAID, praises Trump's proposal for US control of Gaza Strip
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday delivered a robust defense of the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development and praised President Donald Trump’s widely panned proposal for the United States to take control of the Gaza Strip.
Rubio says he’s acting director of USAID as humanitarian agency is taken over by the State Department
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he is acting administrator the US Agency for International Development, confirming the de-facto takeover of the humanitarian agency by the State Department.
Rubio’s years of strong support for USAID stands in contrast to his sudden criticism of the aid agency
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, newly in charge of the besieged US Agency for International Development, was for years a ...
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Marco Rubio empowers State Department official Pete Marocco to run USAID
Marocco held several national security positions during the first Trump administration, including at USAID, where he tried to ...
Secretary of State Rubio also tapped as acting head of embattled USAID’s ‘viper’s nest of radical left marxists’
My frustration with USAID goes back to my time in Congress. It’s a completely unresponsive agency,” Rubio said Monday.
Rubio says spending billions on foreign aid is gift to adversaries and 'insubordination' forced mass USAID leave notice
Rubio says spending billions on foreign aid is gift to adversaries and 'insubordination' forced mass USAID leave notice.
USAID has 'demonstrated pattern of obstructionism,' claims top DOGE Republican in letter to Rubio
Iowa, wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio about how USAID has stonewalled her oversight efforts for years as she seeks to bring accountability to the foreign aid agency.
Rubio attempts to tamp down concerns about immediate shutdown of USAID
Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed back on the notion that the U.S. Agency for International Development would be shut ...
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US inmates could be sent to El Salvador prisons under deal being explored by Trump, Rubio
The State Department describes El Salvador’s prisons as “harsh and dangerous.” Its country information webpage says, “In many ...