American Foreign Service Association urges State Dept to halt planned layoffs amid litigation

  The American Foreign Service Association urged the State Department on Wednesday to not go ahead with a planned overhaul that likely would see around 2,000 layoffs of personnel, saying it should abide by a federal court that prohibits federal agencies from implementing mass firings. The American Foreign Service Association urged the State Department on Wednesday to not go ahead with a planned overhaul that likely would see around 2,000 layoffs of personnel, saying it should abide by a federal court that prohibits federal agencies from implementing mass firings.