WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is pulling almost all U.S. Agency for International Development workers off the job and out of the field worldwide, moving to all but end a six-decade mission to shore up American security by fighting starvation, funding education and working to end epidemics.

WASHINGTON − About 10,000 employees of the United States Agency for International Development, excluding essential personnel, have been notified that they will be placed on administrative leave at the end of Friday as President Donald Trump moves to dismantle the foreign aid agency.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused USAID, which oversees food aid, emergency relief and health programs in more than 100 countries, of being out of step with U.S. interests.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Congress that the US Agency for International Development may be subsumed into the State Department and abolished as a separate agency once his team completes a review of its practices,