India, Feb. 4 -- President Donald Trump has appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Acting Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID.
A statement issued by the State Department says Trump made this decision as an interim step toward gaining control and better understanding over the agency's activity.
"The United States Agency for International Development has long strayed from its original mission of responsibly advancing American interests abroad, and it is now abundantly clear that significant portions of USAID funding are not aligned with the core national interests of the United States," according to it.
Rubio has notified Congress that a review of USAID's foreign assistance activities is u...