What is United States Agency for International Development?
{{Infobox Government agency |agency_name = United States Agency for International Development |logo = USAID-Identity.svg |logo_width = 200px |formed = {{start date and years ago|1961|11|3}} |preceding1 = [[International Cooperation Administration]] |headquarters = [[Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center|Ronald Reagan Building]]<br>[[Washington, D.C.]] |employees = 3,893 career U.S. employees (FY 2016)<ref>{{cite web|title=Agency Financial Report, FY 2016|url=https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1868/USAIDFY2016_AFR_508.pdf|publisher=USAID|access-date=22 December 2016|archive-date=5 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905082058/https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1868/USAIDFY2016_AFR_508.pdf|url-status=dead}} Page 3.</ref> |budget = $27.2 billion (FY 2016 Budgetary Resources)<ref>{{cite web|title=Agency Financial Report, FY 2016|url=https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1868/USAIDFY2016_AFR_508.pdf|publisher=USAID|access-date=22 December 2016|archive-date=5 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905082058/https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1868/USAIDFY2016_AFR_508.pdf|url-status=dead}} Page 28.</ref> |chief1_name = [[Marco Rubio]] (acting) |chief1_position = Administrator |child1_agency = |website = {{url|usaid.gov}} |footnotes =<ref>{{cite web | title = USAID History | publisher = USAID | url = http://www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/usaidhist.html | access-date = 2014-08-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120515232854/http://www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/usaidhist.html | archive-date = 2012-05-15 }}</ref> }} The '''United States Agency for International Development''' ('''USAID''') is the [[Federal government of the United States|United States Government]] agency which is primarily responsible for administering civilian [[foreign aid]]. ==Background== President [[John F. Kennedy]] created USAID from its predecessor agenci