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Marocco held several national security positions during the first Trump administration, including at USAID, where he tried to consolidate power and slash funding.
Feb. 3, 2025, 7:35 AM MST / Updated Feb. 3, 2025, 4:40 PM MST
By Vaughn Hillyard, Abigail Williams, Rebecca Shabad, Ryan Nobles and Ryan J. Reilly
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has empowered a top official at the State Department to run the U.S. Agency for International Development and begin reviewing all of the work done by the government agency targeted for dismantling by President Donald Trump and tech billionaire adviser Elon Musk.
Rubio tapped Pete Marocco, the director of foreign assistance at the State Department, to begin reviewing all of the work done by USAID. He also warned that certain projects or programs might be suspended or eliminated.
Marocco held several national security positions during the first Trump administration, including at USAID, where his attempts to consolidate power and slash funding drove officials to write a dissent memo that ultimately pushed him out of office, according to multiple sources who spoke with NBC News.











