Shafaq News/ The administration of President Donald Trump has instructedUS embassies worldwide to prepare for staff reductions.
Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that some embassies havebeen asked to consider reducing both American and local staff by 10%, thesources said.
US embassies employ diplomats as well as locally hired staff, who makeup the majority of embassy personnel, according to the National Museum ofAmerican Diplomacy.
Separately, a US official said that about 60 contractors in the StateDepartment’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor had been dismissed inrecent weeks, with further job cuts in other offices possible.
ABC News was the first to report that US embassies had been notified tobegin planning for staff reductions.
The State Department, in a statement, declined to comment on internalpersonnel matters.
“The State Department continues to assess our global posture to ensurewe are best positioned to meet modern,” a department spokesperson said.
The measures come as Trump moves to reshape the US diplomatic corps. OnWednesday, he issued an executive order directing Secretary of State MarcoRubio to reform diplomatic missions to ensure the " faithful and effectiveimplementation" of his foreign policy agenda.
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