
Ellen Knickmeyer
National Security and Foreign Policy Reporter at Associated Press
Foreign policy/national security for AP in DC. 18 years based in Riyadh, Cairo, Beirut, Baghdad, Dakar, Rome. [email protected]. Retweets=interesting.
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avpress.com | Farnoush Amiri |Matthew Lee |Ellen Knickmeyer
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a massive overhaul of the State Department on Tuesday, with plans to reduce staff in the US by 15% while closing and consolidating more than 100 bureaus worldwide as part of the Trump administration’s “America First” mandate.
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fortune.com | Farnoush Amiri |Matthew Lee |Ellen Knickmeyer
The reorganization plan, announced by Rubio on social media and detailed in documents obtained by The Associated Press, is the latest effort by the White House to reimagine U.S. foreign policy and scale back the size of the federal government.
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arkansasonline.com | Farnoush Amiri |Matthew Lee |Ellen Knickmeyer
On the move? Let us read it for you. LISTEN NOW Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a major overhaul of the State Department on Tuesday, with plans to reduce staff in the U.S. by 15% while closing and consolidating more than 100 bureaus worldwide as part of the Trump administration's "America First" mandate.
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messenger-inquirer.com | Farnoush Amiri |Matthew Lee |Ellen Knickmeyer
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a massive overhaul of the State Department on Tuesday, with plans to reduce staff in the U.S. by 15% while closing and consolidating more than 100 bureaus worldwide as part of the Trump administration's “America First” mandate.
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fredericknewspost.com | Farnoush Amiri |Matthew Lee |Ellen Knickmeyer
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The Trump administration revives a USAID program that sent Afghan women abroad for education, 5 days after killing it without warning. “Please disregard my previous email,” Thursday’s notice of the program’s reinstatement began. https://t.co/dsnfn1UJkF

Jeremy Lewin, the Elon Musk associate who 2 USAID officials said ordered the new cuts and their partial reversal, sent a note internally expressing regret at what he described as a miscommunication.

The Trump administration has reversed sweeping cuts in emergency food aid to several nations but maintained them in Afghanistan and Yemen, two of the world’s poorest and most war-ravaged countries, officials said Wednesday. https://t.co/CNhkQ0TwtW

The Trump administration has reversed sweeping cuts in emergency food aid to several nations but maintained them in Afghanistan and Yemen, two of the world’s poorest and most war-ravaged countries, officials said Wednesday. https://t.co/CNhkQ0TwtW