The State Department is set to fire 1,300 staff as the White House pushes sweeping reorganization targeting refugee, human rights, and diplomatic programs.

The State Department began firing more than 1,350 U.S.-based employees on Friday as the administration of President Donald Trump presses ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its diplomatic corps, a move critics say will undermine U.

More than 1,300 State Department employees are being laid off Friday as part of a sweeping Trump administration plan to overhaul American diplomacy. The post Trump Admin Purges 1,300 State Department Jobs in Monumental Shake-Up first appeared on Mediaite.