Nonilex<p>The total reduction in the workforce [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RIF</span></a>] will be ~3k, including the *voluntary* departures, acc/to the notice & a senior <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept ofcl, out of the 18k employees based in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>.</p><p>The move is the first step of a restructuring that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has sought to ensure US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignPolicy</span></a> is aligned with his "America First" agenda. Fmr diplomats & experts say the firing of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignService</span></a> officers risks America's ability to counter the growing assertiveness from adversaries such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>.</p>
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Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept began firing >1,350 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> based employees Friday as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin goes ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DiplomaticCorps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DiplomaticCorps</span></a>, undermining US ability to defend & promote interests abroad.</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a>, which affect 1,107 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilService</span></a> & 246 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignService</span></a> officers in the US, come as the US faces multiple global <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crises</span></a>: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>'s war in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> conflict, & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> on edge due to tensions between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/state-department-says-it-will-fire-more-than-1350-workers-trumps-shake-up-2025-07-11/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/legal/litigation/s</span><span class="invisible">tate-department-says-it-will-fire-more-than-1350-workers-trumps-shake-up-2025-07-11/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AustinTice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AustinTice</span></a>, a former Marine who graduated from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Georgetown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Georgetown</span></a> School of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignService</span></a> & was also enrolled in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> school there, was abducted in August 2012 after traveling to a suburb of Damascus. Weeks later, he appeared blindfolded in a video w/masked men carrying assault rifles. Former American ofcls believe that the video might have been a ruse to blame militants for his abduction.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarCorrespondence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2120402/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2120402/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Rubio denies that Trump will politicize the Foreign Service and slash embassies <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ForeignService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignService</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ForeignServiceOfficers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignServiceOfficers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PoliticalAppointees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalAppointees</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SecretaryOfState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecretaryOfState</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StateDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateDepartment</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>By <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BridgetBrink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BridgetBrink</span></a>, former US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ambassador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ambassador</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>, via the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DetroitFreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DetroitFreePress</span></a> - May16, 2025<br>_________</p><p>I respect the president’s right and responsibility to determine U.S. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignPolicy</span></a> ― with proper checks and balances by U.S. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>. It is the role of America’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignService</span></a> to execute that policy. Unfortunately, the policy since the beginning of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration has been to put pressure on the victim, Ukraine, rather than on the aggressor, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2025/05/16/trump-ukraine-policy-russia-ambassador-resign/83648993007/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">freep.com/story/opinion/contri</span><span class="invisible">butors/2025/05/16/trump-ukraine-policy-russia-ambassador-resign/83648993007/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A federal judge on Friday said he would order the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin to halt elements of its attempt to shut down <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a>.</p><p>Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, said after a hearing that he would issue a temporary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RestrainingOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RestrainingOrder</span></a> pausing the imminent administrative leave of 2,200 USAID employees & a plan to withdraw the agency’s overseas workers.</p><p>The lawsuit filed was by the largest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> representing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> & the union representing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignService</span></a> Officers.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/07/us/trump-administration-updates/judge-will-freeze-elements-of-trump-plan-to-shut-down-usaid?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/live/2025/02/07/us</span><span class="invisible">/trump-administration-updates/judge-will-freeze-elements-of-trump-plan-to-shut-down-usaid?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
The Conversation U.S.<p>Sen. Marco Rubio, Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, has his first Senate hearing tomorrow.</p><p>As the president’s top foreign policy adviser, he would oversee and implements the president’s foreign policies through the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/StateDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateDepartment</span></a>, which includes several agencies, such as the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ForeignService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignService</span></a>. A political scientist describes this role:<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/us-secretary-of-state-has-an-expansive-job-that-could-make-or-break-peace-deals-and-key-foreign-alliances-245738" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/us-secreta</span><span class="invisible">ry-of-state-has-an-expansive-job-that-could-make-or-break-peace-deals-and-key-foreign-alliances-245738</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/foreignpolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foreignpolicy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Scores of senior career diplomats are resigning from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept effective at noon on Monday after receiving instructions to do so from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s aides, said 3 US officials….<br>
The forced departures, aimed at establishing a decisive break from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin, will see an exodus of decorated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a> of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignService</span></a>, including John Bass, the undersecretary for management & acting under secretary for political affairs, & Geoff Pyatt, the asst secretary for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> resources…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateDepartment</span></a> said Sullivan’s decades-long career in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignService</span></a> were “exemplary” & Vance’s “unfounded criticism against her work do not accurately reflect her <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/service" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>service</span></a> to our country.”…</p>
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