Critics say plan will hollow out the U.S. diplomatic corps (Good)
The State Department plans to cut 2,300 U.S. diplomats and civil
servants -- about 9 percent of the Americans in its workforce worldwide
-- as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson presses ahead with his task of
slashing the agency’s budget, according to people familiar with the
matter.
The majority of the job cuts, about 1,700, will come
through attrition, while the remaining 600 will be done via buyouts,
according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the
decision hasn’t been publicly announced. William Inglee, a former
Lockheed Martin Corp. official and policy adviser in Congress, is
overseeing the budget cuts and briefed senior managers on the plan
Wednesday, the people said.
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