Rubio of the Second State announces closing of the State Department’s efforts
Secretary of State Marco Rubio State Department The effort he accused of spending millions of people censoring.
“We are announcing the closure of the Department of State counter, previously known as the Global Engagement Centre (GEC), foreign information manipulation and interference (R/FIMI). said in a statement It was published on Wednesday.
“Under previous administration, taxpayers actively silence and censor the voices of Americans who are supposed to serve millions of dollars under this office, which cost more than $50 million a year.” Rubio insisted.
Marco Rubio of the Second State will shake hands with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatti during the photo opportunity ahead of the US State Department meeting to be held in Washington, DC on February 10, 2025 (Anna Money Maker/Getty Images)
According to An, GEC was closed in December Archived State Department Website Content It is still available to view online.
Rubio was claimed in the article published above Federalists GEC was not actually finished, but it was simply rebranded.
“When Congressional Republicans funded GEC late last year, the Biden State Department simply slapped a new name. The GEC became the counter’s Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R-FIMI) office on the same employee list under this new name. “Today, we’re finishing it. No matter what it’s a name, GEC is dead. It won’t go back.”
Former House member Dan Bishop, who is now deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, thanked Rubio. “This is the way,” the former lawmaker said. post x.
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R-Wisc. Derrick Van Orden of the group responded to Rubio’s announcement. Tweet“wonderful.”