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U.S. diplomats in Washington are bracing for cuts to the State Department workforce, with dismissal notices expected to hit inboxes as soon as Friday, according to three State Department officials with knowledge of the plans.
U.S. diplomats in Washington are bracing for cuts to the State Department workforce, with dismissal notices expected to hit inboxes as soon as Friday, according to three State Department officials with knowledge of the plans.
The State Department is laying off more than 1,300 employees Friday, a move that critics say will make us less safe abroad and hurt America’s leadership across the globe.
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Intelligencer on MSNTrump’s Mass State Department Layoffs Upend Foreign PolicyAlong with rescissions hitting foreign aid, the new round of firings shows Trump is still bent on tearing down bipartisan foreign-policy traditions.
Mass layoffs at the U.S. State Department have begun. Almost 3,000 employees will depart the agency as part of the cuts and deferred retirement, with layoffs of more than 1,100 civil service employees and nearly 250 foreign service officers,