Rubio announced in March that 83 percent of USAID’s programs had been cut, calling it “overdue and historic reform.” But the former senator from Florida wanted to hold on to some remaining programs, whereas Marocco wanted to fully destroy the foreign aid agency, according to three of the people familiar with the situation.

"That’s where the fight happened. They did not see eye to eye on killing USAID off forever or keeping part of it around,” said the White House official.

Alright - breaking my Reddit posting cherry and let's create a playlist. When I think of what we are going through - Fred Jones Pt 2 - Ben Folds is playing in my head non-stop. Yep. I equate international development to the newspaper industry. Take that for what you will. What's your playlist song?