Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that his agency would undergo a massive reorganization effort, just days after denying the validity of a separate memo purporting to detail plans for a scaling-down of America’s diplomatic presence around the world.
In a blog post, the secretary wrote that last week’s closure of the Global Engagement Center (GEC) was part of a larger effort to streamline regional diplomatic functions and cut programs deemed to be “hostil[e] to American interests”.
