As the ranking man on the ground for the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID), his hands are also closest to the purse strings, since his State Department branch is funding and contracting out much of the work.

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Food and humanitarian aid, mostly administered by the U.S. Agency for International Development, would not be affected by the announcement, she said.

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