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State Department layoffs affect key Trump priorities like intelligence, energy, and China
The roles of some of the State Department employees fired last week overlap with priorities that President Trump has laid out ...
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State Department cuts hit cyber diplomats doing international engagements
Impacted units in the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy include the Office of Bilateral and Regional Affairs and Office ...
Rubio’s Cuts at State Department Demote Longtime U.S. Values
Secretary of State Marco Rubio insists he is streamlining a bloated department, but critics warn the cost to America’s ...
State Department Starts Firing More Than 1,350 Workers in Trump's Shake-Up of Diplomatic Corps
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department began firing more than 1,350 U.S.-based employees on Friday as the administration ...
From Beijing to big oil: US state dept layoffs hit Trump's global playbook
The move has stunned America's diplomatic workforce, not only as their careers abruptly end but as they wonder who — if ...
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Byron York | Looking Sensibly at Cuts to State Department
On Friday, the Trump administration laid off about 1,350 employees at the State Department. A number of news reports described the staff cuts as “devastating.” Others suggested the downsizing will […] ...
State Department firings will hit Trump admin’s ability to tackle its own priorities, sources say
The mass firing of State Department employees could significantly impact the Trump administration’s ability to address the priorities it has said it values, multiple former and current department ...
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State Department layoffs affect key Trump priorities like intelligence, energy, China
One employee coordinated intelligence activities. Another worked to leverage US energy interests abroad. And a third was an ...
Rubio begins mass firings at State Department: Key takeaways
Secretary of State Marco Rubio began mass firings at the State Department on Monday, part of a reorganization plan to form a leaner foreign policy force that, he argues, will allow the United ...
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Trump job cuts: State Department starts firing over 1,350 US-based workers
Former diplomats and critics say the firing of foreign service officers risks America's ability to counter the growing ...
State Department begins laying off 1,300 staff, drawing fire from critics
The State Department on Friday is carrying out plans to lay off 1,300 employees as part of a drastic reorganization effort, drawing outrage from former diplomats and Democrats who say the Trump ...
State Department notifies staff it will begin firing personnel ‘soon’
The State Department will begin firing personnel “soon” as Secretary of State Marco Rubio implements his dramatic overhaul of ...