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  "path": "/hiring-retention/2026/04/state-dept-recruits-new-diplomats-but-plans-to-keep-shrinking-its-workforce-next-year/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T22:39:29.000Z",
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    "Workforce",
    "American Foreign Service Association",
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  "textContent": "A laid-office Foreign Service officer said “it is quite a slap in the face” for the State Department to recruit without rescinding RIFs.",
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