Trump Budget Cuts Hit As State Department Imposes New Hiring Freeze

Jon Economy

In an effort to support President Trump’s plans to cut the State Department budget by about one-third in fiscal year 2018, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has imposed a new freeze on hiring.
As a reminder, President Trump instigated an across-the-board hiring freeze in his first days as President, then lifted it in April in favor a more “surgical freeze.”
Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, described the new stay on hiring as a more “surgical” freeze than the first.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Jun 28, 2017.