By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hundreds of diplomats at the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development have formally written to Secretary of State Marco Rubio protesting the dismantling of USAID,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hundreds of diplomats at the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development have formally written to Secretary of State Marco Rubio protesting the dismantling of USAID,

Hundreds of US diplomats wrote a formal letter of protest to decry the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development, saying the move threatens US national security and caused “irreparable harm” to millions of people.

IN AN EXTRAORDINARY STEP, more than 700 U.S. foreign service officers and civil servants have signed on to a dissent cable to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging him to stop the dismantling of the U.