Rubio unveils sweeping reorganization of State Department
Source: Washington Post
The Trump administrations proposed shake-up targets human rights programs and others focused on war crimes and democracy.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a plan Tuesday to significantly reorganize the State Department, saying the redesign would reverse decades of bloat and bureaucracy.
The proposed shake-up of Americas primary foreign policy institution coincides with the Trump administrations efforts to reorient the United States on the world stage to align with the presidents America First agenda while cutting costs and downsizing staff.
The effort targets some human rights programs and others focused on war crimes and democracy, according to internal documents shared with The Washington Post. As part of the plan, senior officials would submit a path to reducing U.S.-based staff by 15 percent, according to the documents, potentially affecting hundreds of jobs.
A new Bureau of Emerging Threats would be created to focus on cybersecurity and the proliferation of artificial intelligence, among other areas, the document stated. The proposed bureau would represent a rare focus on expanding the departments capacity.
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bucolic_frolic
(49,925 posts)We will be left with a non-functional carcass with no plumbing
yellow dahlia
(2,274 posts)I have been saying the past three months have been like demolishing your house because you need a new bathroom. Mr. Dahlia said: No, it is like demolishing the house because you need new wall paper.
bucolic_frolic
(49,925 posts)so the public understands it, and the M$M might report on it.
yellow dahlia
(2,274 posts)Some of the signs are SO creative, yet so simple with the message.
PatSeg
(50,098 posts)Trump is done with it. Obviously, that is the objective.
CousinIT
(11,252 posts)Jeeeze, these morons.....
atreides1
(16,628 posts)Rubio is like Drunken Pete, completely unqualified for the agency he was put in charge of...like all of Trump's picks!!
marble falls
(64,816 posts)... Edmund Muskies ... in the GOP??
Hekate
(97,318 posts)How many ways can things get more f'd
up?
OH, wait for it. The next stupid asinine distraction will be here momentarily.
muriel_volestrangler
(103,478 posts)The Bureau of Emerging Threats may not turn out to be competent enough to threaten anyone, given this regime's track record. Let's hope not.
Kid Berwyn
(20,046 posts)Rubio! (Heard at Ft. Lauderdale poolside a lot)
Puppyjive
(686 posts)Get rid of the government contractors who take huge salaries and cheat on their taxes. I have no pity for them. I know a few.
LuckyLib
(6,964 posts)this craziness be any more like a combination of One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, 1984, and ????
CloudWatcher
(1,994 posts)I'd like to see the original orders, you know, the ones that are still in Russian.
orangecrush
(24,285 posts)"Well, we won't have to worry about America for a few years"
HAHAHAHAHA
617Blue
(1,897 posts)ultralite001
(1,564 posts)F47 tearing down the existing infrastructure...
So he + his cronies can "rebuild" using their billionaire BFFs, "their ideas" + their materials...
No plan... No measures... No efficiency... No effectiveness... No expertise...
Generous applications of duct tape... + deny... deny... deny...
It's almost as if the American people have ceased to exist...