CABINET/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE/REX TILLERSON: “Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has written to his agency’s employees, asking for their input as he prepares to slash the department’s staff and budget.
Tillerson announced a department-wide survey and interviews intended to determine how foreign service officers and civil servants are ‘going about completing the Department of State’s mission.’
Tillerson described the planned 26% cut as ‘efficiency improvements.’
The survey announcement comes as the top US diplomat is scheduled on Wednesday [5-3-17]to address State Department staff. The Associated Press first reported on the letter.”
-Elise Labott and Nicole Gaouette, “Tillerson asks State Department employees to weigh in on cuts,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, May 2, 2017 3:18pm