Gone, but not forgotten Peter Marocco, who led the Office of Foreign Assistance at the U.S. State Department <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZ0vIecgxosNHTfEzTU2hSoeb_b4-ijKFx6V-RaZV3o_M9yv57EheNg72YPSAdWbO4VtGhmjQ=> and was considered the point person for dismantling USAID <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZ0vIecn4BHhumZ9CtHKdsfm8J245KQUeZgZhl8yHfHZWUt1l-ekod_e9fGhI0Njd-2fNxadg=>, has left the State Department, according to The Wall Street Journal <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZ0vIecgiLS2iRFmYMsHeR6aaY_DdZxCzJxAtydzX9jkiAANF1rzuLTFIN6E0najAdcmg0NaQ=>, which spoke to a U.S. official who said *it wasn’t Marocco’s choice to leave* after barely three months in office.
A senior administration official confirmed Marocco’s departure to WSJ. “Pete was brought to State with a big mission — to conduct an exhaustive review of every dollar spent on foreign assistance,” the official says. “He conducted that historic task and exposed egregious abuses of taxpayer dollars. We all *expect big things are in store for Pete on his next mission*.” “He is no longer at State,” the official says.
