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‘I don’t know what I’ll do next’ – USAID staff clear out HQ as foreign aid budget slashed

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US Agency for International Development (USAID) workers were allowed to re-enter the headquarters in Washington yesterday to collect their belongings and clear out their desks, a day after President Donald Trump'sadministration said it was cutting more than 90pc of the agency'said contracts.




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