John Dinkelman

Do you have concerns over that?

The diplomatic corps of the United States

feels the effects of what has been undertaken in the form of managing their workplace to the ground.

The president of the American Foreign Service Association, John Dinkelman, calls it a dire situation.

Ninety-eight percent of the Foreign Service officers surveyed reported low morale, and 86 percent said the Trump administration's changes have affected their ability to advance U.S.

diplomatic priorities.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he's been streamlining what he calls a bloated bureaucracy.

He dismantled the U.S.

Agency for International Development and then laid off another 1,300 State Department employees in July.

Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.