Nearly 700 State Dept jobs to be cut under Rubio reorganization plan: Officials
Rubio’s reorganization of the State Department would involve shuttering 132 agency offices and ultimately lead to the elimination of roughly 700 of the department’s D.C.-based civil and foreign service workforce positions, officials familiar with the proposal told ABC News.
Offices on the chopping block include those under the department’s Energy Resources and Conflict and Stabilization Operations wings, the Office of the Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary, the Office of Global Criminal Justice, the Office of International Religious Freedoms, the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, the Office of Global Women’s Issues, and the Office of Global Partnerships.

Additionally, the department’s Arms Control, Deterrence and Stability bureau will be merged with its International Security and Nonproliferation Bureau (and now branded Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Stability).
Plus, what was the department’s Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism bureau will see significant reductions and now be known just as the Counterterrorism bureau. Several special envoys and their offices are also expected to be eliminated.
A senior State Department official told ABC News that no layoffs are expected to happen immediately, and that department leaders will have 30 days to analyze and implement the plan.
The official also claimed that the elimination of roles within the department does not necessarily directly translate to the number of employees that will eventually be let go, and that many in eliminated offices will likely be moved to other areas.
-ABC News' Shannon Kingston






