Washington, March 5, 2025 (AFP) - US Department of Veterans Affairs to cut some 80,000 jobs: memo

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The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plans to cut some 80,000 jobs as President Donald Trump's administration works to slash the number of federal government employees, according to a memo obtained Wednesday by AFP. "The department's initial objective is to return to our 2019 end-strength numbers of 399,957 employees," says the memo from the VA, which put its total workforce at more than 479,000 at the beginning of February. rle/wd/md ...

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