State Department Budget Cuts Don't Go Far Enough

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : But are tough times ahead for Foggy Bottom? Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled the beginnings of a reorganization of the State Department on April 22, calling the diplomatic agency "bloated, bureaucratic" and "beholden to radical political ideology."
48% : "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," said Rubio, though he did not give any specifics.
48% : The draft proposed eliminating almost all funding for international organizations like the United Nations and NATO, ending the budget for international peacekeeping operations, and curtailing all of the department's educational and cultural exchanges, like the Fulbright Program.
47% : Rubio also accused the Bureau for Population, Refugees, and Migration of sending millions of taxpayer dollars to non-government groups to promote mass migration, including "the invasion on our southern border.

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