AdvertisementThe Layoffs Are Part Of Big Changes To State Department WorkUSAID, the six-decade-old foreign assistance agency, was absorbed into the State Department last week after the administration dramatically slashed foreign aid funding. Rubio said officials took “a very deliberate step to reorganize the State Department to be more efficient and more focused.”“It’s not a consequence of trying to get rid of people. The State Department is planning to eliminate some divisions tasked with oversight of America’s two-decade involvement in Afghanistan, including an office focused on resettling Afghan nationals who worked alongside the U.S. military. The American Foreign Service Association, the union that represents diplomats, urged the State Department last month to hold off on job cuts. “Disrupting the Foreign Service like this puts national interests at risk — and Americans everywhere will bear the consequences.”Advertisement___
