State Department to Implement Major Workforce Reductions and Layoffs
TL;DR
The U.S. State Department is undergoing its largest overhaul in decades, cutting about 15% of its Washington-based staff to reduce bureaucracy, a move criticized by former diplomats for potentially weakening U.S. global influence and institutional knowledge.
- State Department undergoes deep cuts in sweeping reorganization NPR
- State Department to Soon Begin Mass Layoffs The New York Times
- State Department is firing over 1,300 employees under Trump administration plan WTOP
- State Department workforce reduction: ‘There are simply too many people’ ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- State Department to begin layoffs in effort to downsize government The Washington Post
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