We’re not going to continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end.

This approach will empower the Department from the ground up, from the bureaus to the embassies.

But far from seeing a return on investment, taxpayers have seen less effective and efficient diplomacy.

Region-specific functions will be consolidated to increase functionality, redundant offices will be removed.

We cannot win the battle for the 21st century with bloated bureaucracy that stifles innovation and misallocates scarce resources.

The State Department in its current form is bloated, bureaucratic, and unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission in this new era of great power competition.

visiting America is a privilege.

We need to figure out here now, within a matter of days, whether this is doable in the short term, because if it’s not, then I think we’re just going to move on.

We’re not going to continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end.

President Donald Trump feels very strongly about that.

Visiting America is not an entitlement. It is a privilege extended to those who respect our laws and values.

He would create a hostile environment for Jewish students in the United States.