Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday announced plans to terminate programs and eliminate offices as part of a sweeping reorganization of his department.
Rubio unveiled a new organizational chart for the department Tuesday as he announced that “redundant offices” will be removed and that “non-statutory programs misaligned with America’s core national interests will cease to exist.”
The Trump administration “will drain the bloated, bureaucratic swamp, empowering the Department from the ground up,” Rubio said. He called the department a “sprawling bureaucracy” that’s “unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission.”
The reorganization at the State Department comes as President Donald Trump has directed massive overhauls and workforce cuts at agencies across the government. Rubio’s push to consolidate offices and ax certain programs offers a preview of what’s likely to come at other agencies — including those focused on energy and the environment — as they comply with Trump’s downsizing orders.
