"We have told our active duty members, given them all the information so they can make an informed decision," said Thomas Yazdgerdi.

Thousands of USAID employees learned this week that they would be placed on administrative leave starting at 11:59 p.m. Friday amid slashes to the federal workforce.

More than 50 civil career servants and foreign service officers at the ... misread of what career staff exist to do. “In my experience, they always do work in good faith as intermediaries ...