State Department starts firing more than 1,350 workers in Trump's shake-up of diplomatic corps

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The State Department began firing more than 1,350 U.S.-based employees on Friday as the administration of President Donald Trump presses ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its diplomatic corps, a move critics say will undermine U.S. ability to defend and promote U.S. interests abroad. The layoffs, which affect 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign