State Department, layoffs
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Important new reporting from Puck’s Julia Ioffe reveals what America's bruised diplomats really think of their boss, Secretary of State Marco Rubio. With the Trump administration’s cuts hitting the State Department,
The State Department informed U.S.-based employees on Thursday that it would soon be laying off nearly 2,000 workers as part of a plan to downsize its domestic workforce.
The State Department on Friday began notifying 1,353 affected workers of their pending job losses as the department reduces its workforce by 15%.
The State Department is firing more than 1,300 people on Friday as part of a dramatic overhaul of the agency, according to an internal notice seen by CNN.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan to downsize a “bloated” department had been on hold after a court ruling.
The State Department has formally advised staffers that it will be sending layoff notices to some of them soon.
Senior State Department officials described the changes as "the most complicated reorganization in government history," emphasizing that the cuts were largely made to eliminate Cold War-era redundancies as well as eliminating functions that were "no longer aligned with the president's foreign policy priorities."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio insists he is streamlining a bloated department, but critics warn the cost to America’s standing and influence could be high.