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The U.S. Department of State, responsible for foreign affairs and diplomacy. Incidents involve the hollowing out of diplomatic capacity, politicization of foreign policy, and State Department complicity in human rights violations.

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Updated April 5, 2026 Federal Dismantlement
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing

DOGE Gutted State Department Energy Bureau Months Before Iran War

DOGE's elimination of the State Department's energy diplomacy bureau months before the Iran war left the U.S. without key personnel who monitored energy chokepoints, oil markets, and Iranian energy infrastructure — capabilities now desperately needed during a conflict centered on the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's oil economy.

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