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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 …
- DOGE eliminated the Bureau of Energy Resources, an 80-person State Department team responsible for leading international energy diplomacy …
- The bureau was gutted approximately six months before the February 2026 U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran — a war that has centered on energy …