Rex Tillerson cuts department that oversees foreign sanctions policy: Report

Published October 27, 2017 2:21am ET



Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is scrapping the Coordinator for Sanctions Policy Office in the State Department, the department that oversees foreign sanctions policy.

This change is in keeping with Tillerson’s agenda to reduce the size of the State Department and as a result, the Policy Planning Office will take over the tasks previously performed by the Sanctions office, Foreign Policy reported Thursday.

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