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As State Department office combating human trafficking faces cuts, former leader weighs in
For 25 years, the State Department has had an office tracking the scope of human trafficking and working to combat it. In ...
Looking Sensible at the State Department Cuts
Nearly three months ago, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said big changes were coming. The hiring of thousands of new ...
State Department firings will hit Trump admin’s ability to tackle its own priorities, sources say
The mass firing of State Department employees could significantly impact the Trump administration’s ability to address the ...
Sources describe disarray at State Department after Trump administration's layoffs
Last week's sweeping State Department layoffs gutted some offices unexpectedly and forced staff to scramble, sources told CBS ...
Rubio’s State Department to scale back foreign election criticism
The State Department will scale back its assessments of elections in foreign countries, only chiming in publicly when there ...
'It's sort of scary': Officials flag surprising revelations from deep State Department cuts
Senior officials eliminate 3,000 positions in the biggest State Department reorganization since the Cold War, citing waste ...
State Department layoffs affect key Trump priorities like intelligence, energy and China
Trump administration officials have defended the mass dismissals, saying they are overdue and necessary to make the ...
State Department says US 'unequivocally condemns' Israeli airstrike in Syria, calls for 'dialogue'
The State Department condemned recent Israeli strikes in Syria, and Secretary Marco Rubio announced a U.S.-brokered agreement ...
State Department says 59,000 tons of food assistance are in motion after reports of incinerated aid
State Department expects to distribute 59,305 metric tons of food aid amid reports that 500 tons were incinerated, with ...
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 ...
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 ...
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State Department Confirms China Barred US Citizen From Leaving
The US State Department confirmed that a US Patent and Trademark Office employee has been barred from leaving China, and said ...