President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday said it was placing all but a handful of U.S. Agency for International Development personnel around the world on paid administrative leave and eliminating some 2,000 of those positions in the U.S., according to a notice sent to agency workers reviewed by Reuters.
Just before midnight on Sunday, all United States Agency for International Development direct hire personnel with the exception of workers essential for critical functions, will be placed on leave. At the same time the agency is "beginning to implement a Reduction-in-Force" affecting about 2,000 USAID personnel in the U.S., the notice said.
The White House did not immediately respond to request for comment.
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