The videoconference marked the end of USAID's 63-year run as an independent agency before its absorption into the State Department.

Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush have delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration in an emotional video farewell with staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

As most staff members at the U.S. Agency for International Development marked their final day with the agency, they got thanks from two presidents and a rock star.