I’m a Kentuckian fired from USAID. Here’s what my work really did. | Opinion

I’m a Kentuckian just like you. I grew up in Jefferson County Public Schools. I swam with (and probably lost against) your kids at the neighborhood swim meet. I baked you rock-hard brownies you pretended to enjoy at the Derby party. I’m your neighbor, your community member, and — in many cases — your friend.

Driven by the Kentucky values of compassion and patriotism on which I was raised, I’ve proudly served my country at USAID for more than five years, working to deliver life-saving humanitarian aid across the world on behalf of the American people.

That is, until last week, when my entire team and I were fired without cause…

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