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On the recordJuly 16, 2019
Secretary Zinke the very next week testified to Congress that he intended to use reassignments as a way to trim the DOI workforce by 4,000 people.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen discusses Zinke's plan to reduce the workforce through reassignments.

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