Rep. Frankel Requests Legal Justification for State Department's Reorganization, RIF Plans

This week, Rep. Lois Frankel, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, requesting he lay out the State Department's legal justification for its intended reorganization and reduction in force (RIF) plans in light of a recent preliminary injunction against the Administration which prohibited such drastic staffing changes. For full text of the letter, click here .