Tillerson Said to Seek 9% Cut to U.S. State Department Workforce
Source: Bloomberg
by Nick Wadhams
April 27, 2017, 10:07 PM CDT
Buyouts, attrition meant to cull staff as State slashes budget
Critics say plan will hollow out the U.S. diplomatic corps
Rex Tillerson. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
The State Department plans to cut 2,300 U.S. diplomats and civil servants -- about 9 percent of the Americans in its workforce worldwide -- as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson presses ahead with his task of slashing the agency’s budget, according to people familiar with the matter.
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The proposed cuts reflect a belief shared by many conservatives that the State Department and other government agencies have grown too large and drifted away from their core missions. Tillerson was taken aback when he arrived on the job to see how much money the State Department was spending on housing and schooling for the families of diplomats living overseas, according to one person familiar with his thinking.
Current and former diplomats fear that the cuts will bite into the work of the State Department and undermine the voice of the U.S. overseas.
‘Simply Mindless’
“Just cutting without deciding what change you want to make is simply mindless,” said Stephen Sestanovich, a professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs who served as U.S. ambassador-at-large for the former Soviet Union........................
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The diplomatic corps is being replaced with Bombs!!
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Diplomacy, Shillomacy.......the orange gob of goo has spoken!
