Posted on 4/14/2017, 12:47:40 AM by mdittmar
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has maintained a hiring freeze at the State Department even though it was lifted for the rest of the federal government, a spokesman said on Thursday, as the agency begins to downsize before Congress approves funding cuts.
Acting State Department spokesman Mark Toner confirmed that the hiring freeze would remain until the plan to downsize and reorganize had been fully developed. He could not give a timeline for the reorganization.
"We can't be onboarding people when we don't know what our reorganization is going to ultimately look like," Toner told a briefing for reporters.
Trump's budget proposal for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1 would cut 28 percent of the budget for U.S. diplomacy and foreign aid.
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Freeze? We need an ICE AGE.
Obama and Hillary hacks should be the first to go
and the last in the Soup Line.
You might get your wish
If the Sun doesn't start making sunspots .....expect an Ice Age starting in Trump's second term.
LIFO Inventory control last in first out.
They’ve wasted millions already on pro-gay and pro-green propaganda and activities. I’d axe those first.
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