Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Monday that he is acting director of the American Agency for International Development (USAID).
Rubio told journalists that he had “delegated this authority to someone, but I remain in contact with him,” without providing details. The actual administrator of the USAID had already been Jason Gray. CNN asked the State Department if it was the person referenced by Rubio.
In Salvador during his trip to Central America, Rubio argued that USAID is “a completely insensitive agency”.
However, when they asked him questions about the arguments of the Vital Labor of the USAID in national security, Rubio said: “There are things that USAID, which we do through USAID , we must continue to do, and we will continue to do. ”
A certain context: It comes after Elon Musk, the richest man in the world responsible for revising the federal government, said President Donald Trump had signed climb the agency.
Legislators and humanitarian workers have prepared Trump to fully close the agency and place it under the aegis of the State Department.
In Washington, USAID’s headquarters was closed for the day, with employees in an email to stay at home. During the weekend, two senior USAID security officials were put on administrative leave to refuse members of the Ministry of Government Effectiveness Access to agency systems, even when the staff of DOGE threatened to call the application of the law, multiple sources familiar with the situation told CNN.
DOGE staff wanted to access USAID security systems and staff files, according to three sources. Two of these sources also said that DOGE staff wanted to access classified information, that only those with security authorizations and a specific need to know can access.
This message has been updated with comments from Rubio and additional history.