State Department Will Close 132 Offices

Good.

"Offices" doesn't mean embassies. It means actual offices or sub-departments. Tiny little bureaucratic fiefdoms pushing the Marxist worldview.

The Trump administration is carrying out the largest shake-up at the State Department in decades, closing 132 offices and slashing bureaucratic layers as part of a broader push to downsize the federal government and realign U.S. foreign policy priorities.

Key Details:

The number of State Department offices will drop from 734 to 602, a 17% reduction.

The overhaul will eliminate 700 positions and restructure foreign aid by dissolving USAID.

Offices tied to human rights, war crimes, and "countering extremism" are among those being closed or absorbed.

Diving Deeper:

In a sweeping reorganization of the U.S. State Department, the Trump administration plans to close 132 offices in Washington, D.C., targeting programs that officials argue have become bloated, redundant, or misaligned with America's core interests. The move is part of a broader government-wide effort to reduce bureaucratic sprawl and refocus foreign policy efforts on strategic priorities.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has long advocated for restructuring the agency, called the current State Department "bloated, bureaucratic, and unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission in this new era of great power competition." In a statement, Rubio said the changes will "empower the Department from the ground up" and ensure that U.S. diplomacy serves American interests first.

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Among the most notable changes:

The Office of Global Criminal Justice--tasked with advising on genocide and war crimes--is being abolished, with some of its responsibilities shifting to the department's legal division.

The Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO), which received over $330 million since 2016, is slated for closure. Its functions, officials say, are duplicative and poorly defined.

Programs for "Countering Violent Extremism" are being phased out, as the administration believes they overlap with existing counterterrorism and narcotics enforcement efforts.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a flagship foreign aid institution founded in 1961, will cease to exist by July 1. Its operations are being folded into regional State Department bureaus or other existing offices.

A new Bureau of Emerging Threats will be created to focus on cyber defense and global digital threats.

The reorganization also mandates a 15% personnel reduction at six top offices within 30 days. Though leadership notified Congress in a short letter this week, a more detailed explanation is expected in the coming weeks.

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Rubio dismissed reports from The New York Times suggesting Africa-focused programs would be targeted as "fake news," saying the plan is not about reducing presence abroad but making the mission abroad more effective.

The first rumors about this I heard from the leftwing media, claiming that Trump planned to close many of the embassies in Africa. Once again, they just lied to farm outrage clicks.

Happy Tuesday! How is everyone?!

posted by Ace at 12:22 PM

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