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Committee presses State Department on USAID consolidation and Global Fragility Act implementation
Summary
Members asked how the department plans to carry out programs after USAID functions were moved into State, including who will implement the Global Fragility Act and whether regional bureaus will have capacity to absorb specialized offices and expertise.
Deputy Secretary Michael Regas told lawmakers the administration consolidated USAID foreign assistance implementation into the State Department as of July 1 and intends to make the department the lead agency for many assistance functions.
Regas said the change was intended to "better align our foreign aid with our foreign policy objectives" and that some offices, previously standalone, were merged into regional undersecretary portfolios such as the undersecretary for economic growth, energy, and the environment. He…
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