Rice Restructures Aid Operations ; New Post Created to Coordinate Foreign Programs

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday announced plans to bring the U.S. Agency for International Development under the direct control of the State Department to streamline the more than $19 billion worth of foreign aid programs.

She named Randall L. Tobias, the administration's global AIDS coordinator and a former pharmaceutical company executive, to direct U.S. foreign aid, a new position that is equivalent to deputy secretary of state and entails reporting directly to Miss Rice.

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Rice Restructures Aid Operations ; New Post Created to Coordinate Foreign Programs

Mr. Tobias also will serve as USAID administrator and "will have authority over all State Department and USAID foreign...

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