Critics Call Rubio’s Overhaul Plan a Blow to U.S. Values
Human rights, democracy, refugees, war crimes.
Those are some of the key responsibilities of a State Department office that Secretary of State Marco Rubio intends to shutter as part of a larger reorganization plan for his agency that he unveiled on Tuesday.
The official goal of the office — the under secretary for civilian security, democracy and human rights — is to help countries “build more democratic, secure, stable, and just societies. ”
In a post on Substack on Tuesday, Mr. Rubio called the change a blow against rogue liberal bureaucrats, saying the office had become “a fertile environment for activists to redefine ‘human rights’ and ‘democracy’ and to pursue their projects at the taxpayer expense ” even when they conflict with the president’s goals.
The office’s nine bureaus will be pared down and in most cases merge...
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