"The idea that USAID is not serving the interests of the country is a complete fiction," said a former ORNL scientist who was fired from the USAID.

Peter Marocco left his role as Director of the Office of Foreign Assistance, a position in which he oversaw severe cutbacks and layoffs to the agency known as USAID, the State Department said.

“The partnership between USAID and the Global Engagement Center ... the National Security Agency, and divisions within the Defense Department. In the email Skibinski demonstrated samples of ...

Jay Gulledge came to Knoxville to lead a division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory before joining USAID as a climate policy advisor. He was terminated from the foreign aid agency on Feb. 19 as ...

He moved to Knoxville in 2012 to lead the environmental sciences division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and he stayed here even after joining USAID as a full-time contractor in 2022.