May 29 (UPI) -- The Trump administration announced plans Thursday to overhaul the Department of State, saying the federal agency has grown too big and costly while producing too few results.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement that he has submitted the reorganization plan to Congress -- a report that includes feedback from lawmakers, government bureaus and employees.
He first announced plans for the reorganization in April, calling his department "bloated, bureaucratic and unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission in this new era of great power competition."
The report submitted to Congress, obtained by Politico, would reduce the State Department's domestic workforce by 3,448 jobs, including recent reductions in positions and voluntary exits under the Trump administration's deferred resignation program.
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