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Obama nominates Gayle Smith to lead USAID

President Obama has nominated senior White House official Gayle Smith as the next administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Smith, who has a background in international …

USAID director to step down

Rajiv Shah, director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will relinquish his post early in 2015. President Barack Obama commented on Shah’s announcement, saying: “For the past …

U.S. House votes on “Feed the Future”

An authorization bill for the Feed the Future initiative is scheduled for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives today, AgriPulse reports. HR 5656, which enjoys bipartisan support, is …