MARCO
RUBIO, SECRETARY OF STATE
APRIL 22,
2025
We are facing tremendous challenges across the
globe. To deliver on President Trump’s America First
foreign policy, we must make the State Department Great
Again.
In its current form, the Department is bloated,
bureaucratic, and unable to perform its essential diplomatic
mission in this new era of great power competition. Over the
past 15 years, the Department’s footprint has had
unprecedented growth and costs have soared. But far from
seeing a return on investment, taxpayers have seen less
effective and efficient diplomacy. The sprawling bureaucracy
created a system more beholden to radical political ideology
than advancing America’s core national
interests.
That is why today I am announcing a
comprehensive reorganization plan that will bring the
Department into the 21st Century. This approach will empower
the Department from the ground up, from the bureaus to the
embassies. Region-specific functions will be consolidated to
increase functionality, redundant offices will be removed,
and non-statutory programs that are misaligned with
America’s core national interests will cease to
exist.
Under President Trump’s leadership, we have a
commander in chief committed to putting America and
Americans first. As his Secretary of State, I am confident a
reformed State Department will meet the moment and help make
our country great once again.
Click
here to view the new organizational chart for the U.S. State
Department [82 KB]. The Department will
implement the changes methodically over the next several
months.
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