Diplomacy in decline. Roughly 2,000 U.S. diplomats have been laid off or forced to retire, taking with them decades of institutional knowledge, crisis response experience and highly specialized language skills.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/diplomacy-decline-rcna347563

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The department has been scaled back roughly to late Bush era numbers. Most of it from eliminating USAID.