After six weeks and one day, Peter Marocco is leaving the U.S. Agency for International Development.
“It’s been my honor to assist Secretary [of State Marco] Rubio in his leadership of USAID through some difficult stages to pivot this enterprise away from its abuses of the past,” wrote Marocco, the acting deputy administrator of USAID, in an email sent on March 18, which was obtained by Devex on Wednesday morning. “Now that USAID is under control, accountable and stable, I am going to return to my post as the Director of Foreign Assistance to bring value back to the American people.”
The Office of Foreign Assistance is housed in the State Department and oversees the implementation of U.S. foreign aid. As such, it’s unclear how much influence Marocco will retain over USAID’s restructuring and incorporation into the State Department.
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Elissa Miolene
Elissa Miolene reports on USAID and the U.S. government at Devex. She previously covered education at The San Jose Mercury News, and has written for outlets like The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Washingtonian magazine, among others. Before shifting to journalism, Elissa led communications for humanitarian agencies in the United States, East Africa, and South Asia.
