State Department to cut thousands of staff, shutter more than 100...

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50% : " That included millions of dollars in grants to non-governmental groups "that facilitated mass migration around the world," a de facto "arms embargo" of Israel and opposition campaigns against "'anti-woke' leaders in nations such as Poland, Hungary, and Brazil," according to the secretary. Other foreign affairs initiatives on migration and refugees that had been put on the chopping block in the prior memo appear to have been saved from some of the cost-cutting as well. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast (R-Fla.) praised the move in a statement.
44% : " The announcement came on the heels of leaked internal memos in recent days proposing up to 50% budget cuts, including gutting United Nations and NATO funding, advocating to "drastically" downsize or close dozens of US embassies and consulates as well as to implement many of the consolidations via executive order.
40% : " State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said at the time that those plans weren't "final" and added Tuesday that no one was "being fired today" -- despite the sweeping restructuring efforts begun by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which closed USAID.

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