The layoffs have sparked backlash from federal employee unions and critics, who argue that abrupt terminations could disrupt essential public services as some workers were reportedly given as little as 30 minutes' notice to clear their desks.
Trump had suggested that he would close the department through an executive order despite realizing that achieving this goal would require support from Congress and teachers’ unions.
The decision was announced on Feb 12 following high-level discussions between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron during Modi’s two-day visit to France.
The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs deals with US foreign policy and US relations with the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Indian-origin Kapur, if confirmed by the Senate, will replace Donald Lu.
The US President emphasized the urgent need to halt the war’s human toll, stating that both the leaders in a “lengthy and highly productive” phone call agreed to “stopping the millions of deaths taking place in the war between Russia and Ukraine.”
The UN human rights investigators accused Hasina and her government of trying to hold onto power using brutal force against mass agitation last year, during which 1,400 people were killed, mostly by security personnel.
Musk’s team has slashed as many as 169 contracts which accounted for most of the Education Department’s Institute of Education Sciences work, with experts arguing that the cuts could hamper accountability in the education system.
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