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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a shame. There are a lot of very talented and accomplished people that work in international development.

But it's been known for a long time that USAID is a clown show. Every Department gets its political hacks but USAID seems to get the worst. Awful organization. Wouldn't work there, and wouldn't hire anyone that did work there. It's been messed up for years.  [/quote]

I have a good friend who is fabulous — smart and organized—who does development work through an AID contractor.  I also know people who left and went to non-profits that do great work.  
I think the whole political appointee thing is f—Ed up.  Sometimes it means the government gets talented people from private sector who can bring a fresh set of eyes and different perspective.  But more often it’s a vanity project for people who bundled donations or were friends with the right people.  Every four years I get upset by it.  My spouse turned down a political appointment he was offered because he didn’t feel like he knew enough about the agency’s focus.  The person who took it probably knew less than him.  Every four years I get irritated as the spoils of war are divided.  [b]Trump was worse about giving it to donors who really knew nothing or affirmatively opposed the work of the agency, but both sides are bad.[/b][/quote][/quote]

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