U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a Senate International Relations Committee listening to within the Dirksen Senate Workplace Constructing on Might 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a Senate International Relations Committee listening to within the Dirksen Senate Workplace Constructing on Might 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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It is a traditional Washington energy transfer — the late-on-Friday information dump.
This previous Friday, at 4:30pm, begin of an extended vacation weekend, about half the workers of the Nationwide Safety Council bought emails asking them to go away by 5pm. Dozens of individuals abruptly dismissed.
The restructuring of the NSC as Secretary of State and Nationwide Safety advisor Marco Rubio has characterised it — continues a pattern on this second time period for President Trump, of radical downsizing.
The Trump administration plans to chop hundreds of intelligence and nationwide safety jobs throughout the federal government.
The US Authorities has lengthy relied on scores of intelligence officers throughout the federal government to maintain America protected. Trump needs a lot of them gone – what might that imply for safety at dwelling and overseas?
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