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Obama and Bush Defend USAID

News admin1 · May 5, 2026 · 0 Comment

Former U.S. Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush appeared in a rare joint video message criticizing the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as an independent agency. The message, also joined by U2 singer Bono, was directed at USAID staff as the agency marked what was described as its final day operating independently after Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered it to be absorbed into the State Department. Obama called the move a “colossal mistake,” describing the restructuring as a “travesty” and a “tragedy,” and emphasized the global impact of the agency’s decades of humanitarian and... Continues…