The Reduction in Force was never a statement about Department employees; it was necessary because the structure itself had become slow and unwieldy. This was about changing that infrastructure, making us more nimble — allowing us to act at the speed of relevancy.

Isn't it interesting that nobody did much hollering during the Clinton years when he did the RIF with Speaker Gingrich??

All these firings, and yet no one has articulated how ANY of these positions were examples of waste, fraud, abuse. Getting rid of State Department staff or complete units with expertise on nuclear issues,however, is sheer insanity, doing grave damage to American national security

America is back on Right track ✅ Under the leadership of President Trump!

This is the kind of transparency, competency, and clarity in communication I voted for. Excellent post!

The Reduction in Force was necessary to have more money available for the best country in the world!

A friend of mine was one of those RIF’d Friday. On Tuesday, he and his staff were told they were safe. I agree that changes can always be made, but the way he and his staff were treated and lied to is pretty shitty. What say you?

the ol varney scowl

For me it was the BRAC Base Realignment And Closure. Either our base will gain or loose. We gained!!

The claim that State is reorganizing to focus on key priorities is BS. This was a political slash and burn job and culling of the workforce to reach an arbitrary 15% reduction. Some of the people who were RIFed weren’t in redundant positions - they were just at the bottom of the

“Right sizing”