Rubio's State Department scale-down: efficiency or global retreat?

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s announcement of a major reorganization of the State Department this week was meant to signal a leaner foreign policy machine, removing layers of bureaucracy that he says slowed down quick action in a crisis-ridden world. 

But critics are warning that the Trump administration is kneecapping America’s influence on the international stage, having already gutted U.S. foreign policy tools including U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Voice of...