When delegation just won’t cut it.
As Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrapped up his first diplomatic travels, he quickly found himself with some expanded responsibilities. Rubio made news with negotiations in Panama, but then he announced the new interim director for the suddenly controversial US Agency for International Development (USAID). The chief US foreign policy leader has decided that if the United States wants its aid to be distributed in a manner consistent with US foreign policy, he would do it himself.
Numerous secretaries of state and presidents have tried to get the USAID under control, but with President Donald Trump at the helm and the chief foreign policy executive leading the charge, the agency may finally be managed in a way more consistent with America’s international development objectives.
