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State Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire Employees Overseas

American officials, including in the C.I.A., are concerned about mass closures hampering national security work. And China has overtaken the United States in global diplomatic footprint.

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The reductions at the State Department are part of both President Trump’s larger slashing of the federal government and his “America First” foreign policy.
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