March 19, 2025

Armao on the Brink: The Dismantling of USAID

Chapter 48 of Armao on the Brink- On the Brink of Global Indifference: The Dismantling of USAID Three long-term USAID staffers now retired and free to talk describe their anger over how the foreign aid program has been gutted and colleagues maligned, their fear about global suffering and losses that will result ,and their hope for a come back in the future. Francisco Bencosme was formerly the China Policy Lead for USAID, the principal advisor on issues relating to China and Taiwan. Ann Posner spent more than 32 years working in USAID missions in the Czech Republic, Russia, Albania, Bosnia and the West Bank-Gaza. And, Susan Reichle is a retired Senior Foreign Service officer of USAID and former president and CEO of the International Youth Foundation.

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