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State Dept orders shutdown of USAID overseas missions, recalls staff, sources say

By  REUTERS

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  • State Department officials on Tuesday were told by Peter Marocco, a Trump appointee who was on Monday tasked with overseeing the agency's operations, that all USAID staff and their families should be recalled by Friday, one of the sources said.

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