Secretary of State Rex Tillerson wants to cut 2,300 jobs from the State Department, according to a new report.
Tillerson’s plan would cut the number of Americans in the workforce by nearly 10 percent, with an eye toward saving money on personnel costs, such as housing for diplomats overseas. “The majority of the job cuts, about 1,700, will come through attrition, while the remaining 600 will be done via buyouts, according to Bloomberg.
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