{"id":11804,"date":"2025-07-08T14:55:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T06:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=11804"},"modified":"2025-07-08T14:56:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T06:56:03","slug":"u-s-veterans-affairs-will-cut-nearly-30000-jobs-far-fewer-than-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=11804","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Veterans Affairs will cut nearly 30,000 jobs, far fewer than planned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will make two-thirds fewer employee cuts this fiscal year than it first targeted, reducing staff by about 30,000 people rather than 80,000, the agency said on Monday.<br>The agency employed about around 480,000 people at the start of the Trump administration and expects to end the fiscal year in September with nearly 450,000 staff. 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