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State Department cuts China policy staff amid major overhaul
The State Department fired personnel and consolidated offices that help craft the U.S. diplomatic response to China’s ...
A sensible look at the State Department cuts
On Friday, the Trump administration laid off about 1,350 employees at the State Department. A number of news reports ...
State Department starts firing more than 1,350 workers in Trump's shake-up of diplomatic corps
WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) - The State Department began firing more than 1,350 U.S.-based employees on Friday as the ...
State Department enacts widespread layoffs, cutting 1,353 staff as part of reorganization
The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to ...
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 ...
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 ...
State Department to axe 1,800 employees
Nearly 2,000 State Department employees face layoffs in a reorganization plan that amounts to a 15% workforce reduction under ...
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 ...
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 ...
State Department tells staff planned layoffs to begin soon
No State Department official publicly said when the first notices for the planned layoffs would be sent, but the widespread ...
State Department is firing over 1,300 employees under Trump administration plan
The department is sending layoff notices to 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers with domestic assignments ...
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 ...