2025-03-06 23:18:43

US plans to close European consulates and cut state department workforce

State department also looks into merging some bureaus in Washington amid Trump effort to slash US governmentThe US state department is preparing to shut down a number of consulates that are mainly in western Europe in the coming months and looking to reduce its workforce globally, multiple US officials said on Thursday.The state department is also looking into potentially merging a number of its expert bureaus at its headquarters in Washington that are working in areas such as human rights, refugees, global criminal justice, women’s issues and efforts to counter human trafficking, the officials said. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/us-european-consulates-state-department

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