Rubio’s State Department scale-down: efficiency or global retreat?

Rubio’s State Department scale-down: efficiency or global retreat?

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s announcement of a major reorganization of the State Department this week was meant to signal a leaner foreign policy machine, removing layers of bureaucracy that he says slowed down quick action in a crisis-ridden world.  But critics are warning that the Trump administration is kneecapping America’s influence on the international…

Rubio’s Reorganization Plan: A Threat to Human Rights Advocacy at the State Department

Rubio wants to dismantle the only internal sounding board for critics of Israel — and the only place those criticisms might’ve had any teeth. The post Marco Rubio Silences Every Last Little Criticism of Israel at State Department appeared first on The Intercept. Source