Un-Diplomatic

Un-Diplomatic

Political Consciousness and The State Department Purge

Can a downsized “lanyard class” learn to see US foreign policy differently?

Un-Diplomatic
Jul 12, 2025
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State Department bathroom, July 2025

The long-predicted purge of the State Department was just announced:

The State Department is firing more than 1,300 employees…sending layoff notices to more than 1,100 civil servants and 240 Foreign Service employees…Secretary of State Marco Rubio [has] accused certain bureaus within the department of pursuing a “radi…

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