Efforts underway for a massive overhaul of the State Department will not only align it with President Donald Trump’s vision for the nation, but will save taxpayer money through rooting out duplication and bureaucracy, White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said on Newsmax Wednesday. 

“This president is working hand in glove with all of our cabinet secretaries and certainly with Secretary [Marco] Rubio on rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse across the federal government,” Kelly told Newsmax’s “National Report.” “There is truly no more target-rich environment than our entire foreign assistance enterprise.”

Rubio unveiled the massive overhaul plans for his department on Tuesday, announcing a project to to reduce staff in the United States by 15% by consolidating more than 100 bureaus worldwide as part of the president’s “America First” mandate. 

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