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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 Lays Off 1,300 Employees in Sweeping Reorganization

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State Department to Soon Begin Mass Layoffs

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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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U.S. diplomats brace for mass layoffs after months in limbo

The restructuring has been in the works for months, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio notifying Congress in late May that as many as 1,800 U.S.-based workers would be cut from the approximately 19,...

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Trump team to cut 1,300 jobs from State Department

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Hundreds laid off in State Department overhaul

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Applause as Teary State Department Workers Exit After Mass Firings

Critics say the layoffs will damage U.S. efforts to counter threats abroad and weaken its global leadership status.

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State Department starts firing more than 1,350 workers in Trump's shake-up of diplomatic corps

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State Department is firing over 1,300 employees under Trump administration plan

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US State Department begins mass layoffs

The American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) condemned the State Department layoffs, calling them a "a catastrophic blow to our national interests."

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1,300+ U.S. State Department workers are being fired amid reorganization

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State Department fires 1,300 employees

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State Department lays off more than 1,300 workers

The State Department began firing more than 1,350 U.S.-based employees on Friday as the administration of President Donald Trump presses ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its diplomatic corps, a move critics say will undermine U.S. ability to defend and promote U.S. interests abroad.

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Veteran U.S. diplomats baffled after mass layoffs at State Department

More than 1,300 employees were forced out of the State Department on Friday, taking with them decades of specialized skills and on-the-job training.

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State Department to begin mass layoffs of about 1,800 employees in coming days

The State Department informed U.S.-based employees on Thursday that it would soon be laying off nearly 2,000 workers as part of a plan to downsize its domestic workforce.

Show of support outside the US State Department as mass layoffs begin

Some laid off employees were seen carrying boxes out of the U.S. State Department as supporters bid them farewell with applause and hugs.

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State Department tells employees mass layoffs are imminent

State is poised to be the first agency to move forward with RIFs after receiving the Supreme Court's blessing.

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 standing and influence could be high.

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Trump Guts State Department And Staff Warns People Should Be ‘Scared’

Donald Trump likes to say he’s about America first. What we’re witnessing here is America in retreat,” Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen told HuffPost at a rally for 1,353 dismissed diplomats.

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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.”