USAID is all but gone. For one family, 3 generations of service were defined by it
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Cathy Votaw, 69, left, and her daughter Anna Eisenberg, pose with a painting of Votaw's father, Albert Votaw, portrayed as a young man in the 1940's, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, at their home in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Anna Eisenberg, left, and her mother Cathy Votaw, 69, look at photographs of Votaw's father, Albert Votaw, during his service with USAID in West Africa, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, at their home in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Cathy Votaw, 69, holds a coin from the USAID Office of Investigations, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Cathy Votaw, 69, holds a photograph of her father, Albert Votaw, seen in Bangkok circa 1983 shortly before his death in a terror attack, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Anna Eisenberg's empty USAID badge holder is seen next to USAID pins, a coin from the USAID Office of Inspector General awarded to her mother, Cathy Votaw, and photographs of her grandfather, Albert Votaw, and his family during his service with USAID in West Africa circa 1968, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Cathy Votaw, 69, left, and her daughter Anna Eisenberg, pose with a painting of Votaw's father, Albert Votaw, portrayed as a young man in the 1940's, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, at their home in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)