New USAID Administrator Stresses Responsibility to American Taxpayers

New USAID Administrator Stresses Responsibility to American Taxpayers (The Washington Free Beacon)

The new head of the U.S. Agency for International Development stressed the agency's responsibility to American taxpayers during his first speech to employees on Monday.

USAID Administrator Mark Green was sworn in Monday morning and then gave a speech to staffers gathered together. Green, who the Senate confirmed last Thursday, thanked President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for nominating him to the position before he touched on many topics. He discussed how the agency can improve itself and touched on remarks he made during his confirmation process in the Senate.

"I believe the purpose of foreign assistance should be ending its need to exist," Green said. "Each of our programs should look forward to the day when it can end and around the world we should measure our work by how far each investment moves us closer to that day."