Mass Layoffs Hit State Department
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Videos show emotional scenes as tearful State Department employees emerge to applause from colleagues after being abruptly fired.
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
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.
I do want to ask you both briefly as well about the mass firings at the State Department we reported on earlier. That follows a Supreme Court ruling that basically cleared the way for the Trump administration to move forward with those reductions in force.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The State Department is firing over 1,300 career diplomats and civil servants on Friday in line with a dramatic reorganization plan initiated by the Trump administration earlier this year.
The State Department will begin firing personnel “soon” as Secretary of State Marco Rubio implements his dramatic overhaul of the agency, according to an email from a top State Department official to staff Thursday evening.