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US Department of Veterans Affairs to cut some 80,000 jobs: AFP

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05-03-2025 | 14:43

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US Department of Veterans Affairs to cut some 80,000 jobs: AFP

The U.S. 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.

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