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Zorro

(17,244 posts)
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 12:18 PM Tuesday

Rubio unveils sweeping reorganization of State Department

Source: Washington Post

The Trump administration’s 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 America’s primary foreign policy institution coincides with the Trump administration’s efforts to reorient the United States on the world stage to align with the president’s “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 department’s capacity.

Read more: https://wapo.st/4cEF8rU

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Rubio unveils sweeping reorganization of State Department (Original Post) Zorro Tuesday OP
This is like remodeling a house by removing all the lumber and nails bucolic_frolic Tuesday #1
Perfect analogy. yellow dahlia Tuesday #6
And that's the kind of folksy, easily understood, mentally visual analogy Dems should use bucolic_frolic Tuesday #7
Makes for good signs at rallies also. yellow dahlia Tuesday #11
Yes, like most of the government when PatSeg Tuesday #18
Oh? AFTER HE INSISTED THAT WAS ALL "FAKE NEWS"? ROFL! CousinIT Tuesday #2
I knew he was lying! atreides1 Tuesday #3
Why are there no Madelyn Albrights, Hillary Clintons, George Shultzes, Collin Powells, Cyrus Vances ... marble falls Tuesday #4
Unwanted and tossed aside Hekate Tuesday #16
Screwed Iamscrewed Tuesday #5
Old alignment: lawful neutral. New alignment: chaotic evil muriel_volestrangler Tuesday #8
Micro! Kid Berwyn Tuesday #9
In the process Puppyjive Tuesday #10
" Bureau of Emerging Threats" -- good grief. Could LuckyLib Tuesday #12
Can we see the original orders? CloudWatcher Tuesday #13
Putin orangecrush Tuesday #14
Yes, Putin's State Dept reorganization. 617Blue Tuesday #15
Getting so tired of ultralite001 Tuesday #17

bucolic_frolic

(49,925 posts)
1. This is like remodeling a house by removing all the lumber and nails
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 12:22 PM
Tuesday

We will be left with a non-functional carcass with no plumbing

yellow dahlia

(2,274 posts)
6. Perfect analogy.
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 01:11 PM
Tuesday

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)
7. And that's the kind of folksy, easily understood, mentally visual analogy Dems should use
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 01:19 PM
Tuesday

so the public understands it, and the M$M might report on it.

yellow dahlia

(2,274 posts)
11. Makes for good signs at rallies also.
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 01:53 PM
Tuesday

Some of the signs are SO creative, yet so simple with the message.

PatSeg

(50,098 posts)
18. Yes, like most of the government when
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 03:09 PM
Tuesday

Trump is done with it. Obviously, that is the objective.

atreides1

(16,628 posts)
3. I knew he was lying!
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 12:26 PM
Tuesday

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)
4. Why are there no Madelyn Albrights, Hillary Clintons, George Shultzes, Collin Powells, Cyrus Vances ...
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 12:55 PM
Tuesday

... Edmund Muskies ... in the GOP??

Iamscrewed

(113 posts)
5. Screwed
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 12:57 PM
Tuesday

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)
8. Old alignment: lawful neutral. New alignment: chaotic evil
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 01:25 PM
Tuesday

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.

Puppyjive

(686 posts)
10. In the process
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 01:52 PM
Tuesday

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)
12. " Bureau of Emerging Threats" -- good grief. Could
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 02:24 PM
Tuesday

this craziness be any more like a combination of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 1984, and ????

CloudWatcher

(1,994 posts)
13. Can we see the original orders?
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 02:26 PM
Tuesday

I'd like to see the original orders, you know, the ones that are still in Russian.

ultralite001

(1,564 posts)
17. Getting so tired of
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 03:07 PM
Tuesday

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...

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