Rubio unveils sweeping reorganization of State Department

[Zorro]

Source: Washington Post

The Trump administration’s proposed shake-up targets human rights programs and others focused on war crimes and democracy.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a plan Tuesday to significantly reorganize the State Department, saying the redesign would reverse “decades of bloat and bureaucracy.”

The proposed shake-up of America’s primary foreign policy institution coincides with the Trump administration’s efforts to reorient the United States on the world stage to align with the president’s “America First” agenda while cutting costs and downsizing staff.

The effort targets some human rights programs and others focused on war crimes and democracy, according to internal documents shared with The Washington Post. As part of the plan, senior officials would submit a path to reducing U.S.-based staff by 15 percent, according to the documents, potentially affecting hundreds of jobs.

A new Bureau of Emerging Threats would be created to focus on cybersecurity and the proliferation of artificial intelligence, among other areas, the document stated. The proposed bureau would represent a rare focus on expanding the department’s capacity.

Read more: https://wapo.st/4cEF8rU

[bucolic_frolic]

1. This is like remodeling a house by removing all the lumber and nails

We will be left with a non-functional carcass with no plumbing

[yellow dahlia]

6. Perfect analogy.

I have been saying the past three months have been like demolishing your house because you need a new bathroom. Mr. Dahlia said: No, it is like demolishing the house because you need new wall paper.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. And that's the kind of folksy, easily understood, mentally visual analogy Dems should use

so the public understands it, and the M$M might report on it.

[yellow dahlia]

11. Makes for good signs at rallies also.

Some of the signs are SO creative, yet so simple with the message.

[PatSeg]

18. Yes, like most of the government when

Trump is done with it. Obviously, that is the objective.

[CousinIT]

2. Oh? AFTER HE INSISTED THAT WAS ALL "FAKE NEWS"? ROFL!

Jeeeze, these morons.....

[atreides1]

3. I knew he was lying!

Rubio is like Drunken Pete, completely unqualified for the agency he was put in charge of...like all of Trump's picks!!

[marble falls]

4. Why are there no Madelyn Albrights, Hillary Clintons, George Shultzes, Collin Powells, Cyrus Vances ...

... Edmund Muskies ... in the GOP??

[Hekate]

16. Unwanted and tossed aside

[Iamscrewed]

5. Screwed

How many ways can things get more f'd up?
OH, wait for it. The next stupid asinine distraction will be here momentarily.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Old alignment: lawful neutral. New alignment: chaotic evil

The Bureau of Emerging Threats may not turn out to be competent enough to threaten anyone, given this regime's track record. Let's hope not.

[Kid Berwyn]

9. Micro!

Rubio! (Heard at Ft. Lauderdale poolside a lot)

[Puppyjive]

10. In the process

Get rid of the government contractors who take huge salaries and cheat on their taxes. I have no pity for them. I know a few.

[LuckyLib]

12. " Bureau of Emerging Threats" -- good grief. Could

this craziness be any more like a combination of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 1984, and ????

[CloudWatcher]

13. Can we see the original orders?

I'd like to see the original orders, you know, the ones that are still in Russian.

[orangecrush]

14. Putin

"Well, we won't have to worry about America for a few years"

HAHAHAHAHA

[617Blue]

15. Yes, Putin's State Dept reorganization.

[ultralite001]

17. Getting so tired of

F47 tearing down the existing infrastructure...

So he + his cronies can "rebuild" using their billionaire BFFs, "their ideas" + their materials...

No plan... No measures... No efficiency... No effectiveness... No expertise...

Generous applications of duct tape... + deny... deny... deny...

It's almost as if the American people have ceased to exist...