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As Musk and President Trump reportedly plan to shut down USAID, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced that he is the agency’s acting director. What’s in store for the future of USAID and our nation?

From Fox News. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that he is now the acting director of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

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Rubio told this to reporters while taking questions from the press in El Salvador.

He said his frustration with USAID goes back to his time in Congress, describing the agency as “completely unresponsive.” It is supposed to respond to policy directives at the State Department “and it refuses to do so,” the secretary said, adding: “there are a lot of functions of USAID that are going to continue, that are going to be a part of American foreign policy, but it has to be aligned with American foreign policy.”

During his confirmation hearing, Rubio recalled, he said that “every dollar that we spend and every program that we fund will be aligned with the national interests of the United States, and USAID has a history of sort of ignoring that and deciding that they’re somehow a global charity separate from the national interest.” …

Asked if he was currently in charge of USAID, Rubio said, “I’m the acting director of USAID. I’ve delegated that authority to someone, but stay in touch with him.” …

USAID staffers were instructed earlier Monday to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters after Elon Musk announced President Donald Trump had agreed with him to shut the agency. Thousands of USAID employees had already been laid off and programs shut down.

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(Excerpt from Fox News. Photo Credit: U.S. Department of State – https://www.flickr.com/photos/9364837@N06/54303518340/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=158999881)

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Allena Jordan
February 4, 2025

Father, I praise You for exposing the egregious spending of this agency. I thank You for shutting it down. I pray that the people who have lost their jobs will quickly find other work. May they not suffer hardship because of this. Cause people to rise up to a higher calling by becoming entrepreneurs or leaders in another field. Guide and direct them. Save their souls. My heart rejoices just like Your word says.
Proverbs 11:10 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices,
And when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting.

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Nancy
February 4, 2025

Please consider those who benevolently have worked for USAiD many years in good faith to provide heartfelt care for those in need. They have devoted their careers benevolently-not nefariously. Restructure this organization but do not through the baby out with the bath water.

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Carol Ann Hatosy
February 4, 2025

Lord, we pray for your intervention in every decision made as good stewards of all you have provided for us. May Marco Rubio continually ask for your intervention in all situations he faces knowing that we the people are behind it all the way if You are at the center of his decisions. Thank you, Lord, for all you provide for us every moment of every day.
Amen

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Cynthia Bentzion
February 4, 2025

Please remember to also pray for former federal employees who have suddenly lost their jobs. May they quickly be able to find meaningful alternative employment and financial stability.

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Dawn
February 4, 2025

This is a wonderful development. Truly the right direction. As too many players have moved to undermine godly priorities, we need a huge (often 180 degrees) course correction. Lord, I pray for any individuals who truly want to do your will to rise up. Bless Sec Rubio’s efforts. Give him wisdom and put together righteous teams to do your will with our tax moneys. Mostly, let your Church rise up to be MOLDED to do your will. In Jesus’ name.

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Stephen J Enns
February 4, 2025

Lord, as your Word says in Psalm 91:11…
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
and Isaiah 54:17… No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
Please Lord…keep and protect and guard your appointed servants; giving each one knowledge, understanding and wisdom from above, to bring lasting spiritual, moral and ethical change in the offices and hallways and tunnels of our apportioned government. Remove every individual that means to harm You and Your children, and replace them with and empower worthy men and women with Your Holy Spirit…those that believe on and put their trust in Your mighty name, in Your honorable Ways, in Your blessed Son! Prepare them with power and with love and with a sound mind, releasing any fear they might have been accustomed to in the past while giving them guidance and direction that is fully and completely from YOU. I ask these things in the Name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ to Glorify God, Our Father, which art in Heaven!

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Mischa
February 4, 2025

I remember standing in a bombed out building in the horn of Africa. I was a a young USN Corpsman and saw the stacks of dry beans and rice in USAID bags that were confiscated by the warlords and used to make them rich by selling it to the people it was supposed to be helping and the rage I felt at that moment. I remember that it is written that The L-RD is the advocate and champion of the poor and will judge the wicked accordingly and I sincerely hope and pray that this will help get the aid to the people that need it and prevents evil people from enriching themselves with the generosity of the people of the United States and by the exploitation of the needy. May HaShem guide our Leaders with His Wisdom and Divine Knowledge. Amen.

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Julie
February 4, 2025

Thank you Secretary Rubio for the Accomplishments in Panama. We appreciate all your efforts for Panama and the US .

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