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State Department, layoffs

State Department begins 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 employees Friday morning.

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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 expectation is for the terminations to start as soon as Friday.

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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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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Thousands of State Department Workers Brace for Layoffs

State Department employees already bracing for mass layoffs faced another blow Friday in the Supreme Court’s ruling that ...

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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 ...

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Probe after graffiti sprayed on Department of Foreign Affairs - MSN

Irish police are investigating after graffiti was sprayed on the front of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin. Red paint was splattered on the facade of the building, along with messages ...

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