During Musk's time as the head of DOGE, he helped usher in big reforms at the agency, which included an effective dismantlement of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), staff reductions at the State Department, and the cancellation of various foreign aid programs due to lack of oversight, inefficiency, and other reasons. (GETTY/AP)
The indication that Musk's DOGE-related work at the State Department will continue was reinforced by a new reorganization effort at the Department of State announced by Secretary Marco Rubio on Thursday. The new reorganization plans are expected to cut or consolidate more than 300 of the State Department's offices and bureaus as part of a massive overhaul aimed at streamlining the department, according to agency officials.
The agency currently has about 700 offices, meaning the reorganization effort will slash, or join, more than 40% of its offices.
"We have too many godd--- offices," a senior State Department official told Fox News Digital. "We’re trying to shrink offices rather than create them."
WHITE HOUSE DISCLOSES WHO WILL LEAD DOGE EFFORTS AFTER MUSK'S DEPARTURE
President Donald Trump and DOGE head Elon Musk sit down with Fox News host Sean Hannity for a joint interview. (Fox News)
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One of Musk's DOGE associates, Jeremy Lewin, has recently been tapped for a top role within the State Department. In April, he was placed at State for a different role. For his part, Lewin, however, disputes that he ever did any direct work for Musk's DOGE.
Fox News Digital's Diana Stancy contributed to this report.
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