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State Department, Sweeping Reorganization

State Department enacts widespread layoffs, cutting 1,353 staff as part of reorganization

The State Department on Friday began laying off more than 1,300 staffers as it seeks to cut the size of its U.S. workforce by about 15%, part of the Trump administration's sweeping plan to reorganize...

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State Department tells staff planned layoffs to begin soon

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State Department Lays Off 1,300 Employees in Sweeping Reorganization

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A Half Dozen Trump Officials Hold More Than One Big Job

As President Trump dismantles parts of the government, remakes institutions and takes on perceived enemies and those who disappoint him, he is frequently putting top administration officials in charge...

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State Department is firing more than 1,300 staff on Friday, internal memo says

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State Department Is Laying Off Over 1,300 Staffers Under Trump Administration Plan

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State Department Says Mass Layoffs Will Begin Soon

It will likely result in hundreds of job cuts including members of the elite foreign service who advocate for U.S. interests in the face of growing assertiveness from adversaries such as China and Ru...

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US state department begins firings of more than 1,000 employees

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State Department to start layoffs in coming days, cutting U.S. staff by 15%

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Sybiha approves new structure of Foreign Affairs Ministry, Department of Security and Defense and Department of Unfriendly Countries created

Sybiha approves new structure of Foreign Affairs Ministry, Department of Security and Defense and Department of Unfriendly Countries createdForeign Minister

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State Department is firing more than 1,300 staff on Friday

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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State Department cuts broader than anticipated, include diplomatic security

State Department to release letter to all employees Thursday evening informing them that it's officially moving to implement “targeted reduction in domestic workforce.”

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Richard Haass - Foreign Affairs

RICHARD HAASS is President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, which he led from 2003 to 2023. A veteran American diplomat and national security official, Haass served in a number of senior positions at the White House and the Departments of State and Defense. From 2001 to 2003, he was Director of Policy Planning for the Department of State. He also served as President George W. Bush ...

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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 the agency, according to an email from a top State Department official to staff Thursday evening.

Mass layoffs at State Department have begun

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,

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Trump Is Breaking American Intelligence

GIOE is British Academy Global Professor of Intelligence and International Security at King’s College London and a former CIA analyst and operations officer. MICHAEL V. HAYDEN is a retired U.S. Air Force general who served as Director of the National Security Agency from 1999 to 2005 and Director of the CIA from 2006 to 2009.

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Lazaro takes oath as Foreign Affairs chief

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. welcomed veteran diplomat Ma. Theresa Lazaro as she took her oath of office as the new head of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday. The president administered the oath of office of Lazaro in a ceremony in Malacañang,

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New USDA plan targets foreign adversaries in U.S. agriculture

The USDA’s new plan restricts foreign land ownership—especially targeting China—to protect U.S. agriculture and national security, potentially reshaping farming policy and food system resilience.

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Top Democrat unveils bill requiring State Department layoff notice

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced Tuesday she introduced a bill requiring congressional notification of any major layoffs at the

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State Department is firing more than 1,300 employees in downsizing plan

The move has come under strong criticism from current and former diplomats who say the cuts will degrade America’s standing in the world and curb U.S. soft power.