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Rubio orders freeze of new funding for nearly all U.S. foreign aid programs

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Marco Rubio has sent an order to all U.S. diplomatic and consular posts instructing a pause on "all new obligations of funding, pending a review, for foreign assistance programs funded by or through the Department and USAID" The order was in line with the executive order President Trump signed on Monday to reevaluate foreign aid.

The order also appears to impact current existing aid programs, stating, "for existing foreign assistance awards, shall immediately issue stop-work orders".

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