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http://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/History_of_the_United_States_Agency_for_International_Development
Congress in May and the resulting "Foreign Assistance Act" was approved in September, repealing the Mutual Security Act. In November, Kennedy signed the act and issued an Executive Order tasking the Secretary of State to create, within the State Department, the "Agency for International Development" (or A.I.D.: subsequently re-branded as USAID), as the successor to both ICA and the Development Loan Fund.
With these actions, the U.S. created a permanent agency working with administrative autonomy under the policy guidance of the State Department to implement, through resident field missions, a global program of both technical and financial development assistance for low-income countries. This structure has continued to date.
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The above excerpt came from deep within the article.
Yeah, Kennedy created USAID.
But there was a Congressional action 'allowing' it to be done. And there were plenty of predecessors - Among them the Marshall Plan to help rebuild Europe after WWII. And something to help S. Korea recover from the Korean conflict.
But, given what USAID morphed into over the ensuing decades . . . all I can say is "KILL The Beast!"
By the way, once Trump has finished DOGE-ing the fed . . . I think it would be an excellent idea to start DOGE-ing the States. Starting with californica and new-yoke-joke.
Zim.
Mad Poet Strikes Again.
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