Marco Rubio actually said...

The State Department had become bloated, bureaucratic and unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission.

Rubio describes the need for reorganization within the State Department.

04/21/2025

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We’re not trying to — we’re not being punitive here, but this is the only way we’ve been able to get cooperation from USAID.

We’re not trying to be disruptive to people’s personal lives.

This is a great step forward.

The administration was not trying to be disruptive to people’s personal lives, but that the directive was the only way we’ve been able to ge...