You Vote: In ending 83% of all USAID programs, did Sec. of State Rubio go too far?

"The 5,200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States," said Rubio on X.

Published: March 10, 2025 5:02pm

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Monday that the government had ended 83% of programs operated through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), asserting that they did not serve American interests.

"After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID," he announced via X. "The 5,200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States."

He further confirmed that the remaining 1,000 programs would be administered directly by the State Department. 

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