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From the Washington Examiner: The State Department announced a “comprehensive” reorganization Tuesday to cut out what Secretary of State Marco Rubio argued was stopping the department from “performing its essential diplomatic mission.”
The plan includes eliminating 132 offices and 700 positions for civil service and foreign service employees, according to the Free Press. In many instances, offices were merged to consolidate overlapping mandates, reducing the number of offices from 734 to 602, a reduction of 17%.
Officials released an organizational hierarchy chart for the department showing that the cuts don’t go as far as some reports said, including in light of the administration’s decision to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development and fold the little it didn’t cut into the State Department. USAID will reportedly cease to exist on July 1, according to the Free Press.
“In its current form, the Department is bloated, bureaucratic, and unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission in this new era of great power competition. Over the past 15 years, the Department’s footprint has had unprecedented growth, and costs have soared,” Rubio said in a statement. “That is why today I am announcing a comprehensive reorganization plan.”
Rubio released more in-depth details in a press release on Substack.
“For too long certain bureaus within the State Department worked against America’s core national interests. No more. We are empowering our regional bureaus to advance America’s core national interests abroad,” Rubio declared.
For too long certain bureaus within the State Department worked against America’s core national interests. No more.
We are empowering our regional bureaus to advance America’s core national interests abroad.https://t.co/c1weMHBZaa pic.twitter.com/Nr3RY1NdT0
— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) April 22, 2025
Investigative reporter Gabe Kaminsky of The Free Press shared a new organizational chart, which includes the following actions:
▶️ Closing 132 offices
▶️ Undersecretaries to reduce personnel by 15%
▶️ Moving 137 offices
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SCOOP: The Trump administration is launching the biggest shake-up at the State Department in decades, @TheFP has learned.
▶️ Closing 132 offices
▶️Undersecretaries to reduce personnel by 15%
▶️Moving 137 offices
+More pic.twitter.com/krPa8pnddw— Gabe Kaminsky (@gekaminsky) April 22, 2025
Free Press editor Bari Weiss wrote:
“The Trump administration has begun an aggressive shake-up at the State Department that will close 132 agency offices, including those launched to further human rights, advance democracy overseas, counter extremism, and prevent war crimes.
The plans to reorganize the leading foreign policy agency in the United States are outlined in internal documents obtained by The Free Press. They show how the State Department will eliminate or restructure hundreds of offices in Washington, D.C.—a revelation that comes after reports in recent weeks of a rumored overhaul at the agency. The State Department is bringing its number of offices down from 734 to 602, a 17 percent reduction.
Separately, under secretaries at the State Department are also being instructed within 30 days to present plans to reduce their U.S. personnel in individual departments by 15 percent, according to a senior State Department official. These include six top offices employing thousands of people. The reorganization comes as the Trump administration seeks to drastically reduce the size and scope of the federal government.”
“The Trump administration has begun an aggressive shake-up at the State Department that will close 132 agency offices, including those launched to further human rights, advance democracy overseas, counter extremism, and prevent war crimes.
The plans to reorganize the leading…
— Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) April 22, 2025
“The Trump administration has begun an aggressive shake-up at the State Department that will close 132 agency offices, including those launched to further human rights, advance democracy overseas, counter extremism, and prevent war crimes.
The plans to reorganize the leading… pic.twitter.com/OFKv5b0J4l
— The Free Press (@TheFP) April 22, 2025
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