WASHINGTON, D.C. – InterAction released the following statement on the consolidation of USAID and the Department of State. Since 1961, USAID has been on the…
“Many were wholly dependent on U.S.A.I.D.,” said Tom Hart, the president of InterAction, an alliance of global nongovernmental organizations. “Suddenly pulling the rug from beneath them hurts the idea of helping countries reach self-reliance, a goal the first Trump administration rightly sought.”