The Trump administration is considering a plan to drastically downsize the State Department, cutting its funding by about half and eliminating more than two dozen foreign embassies and consulates, CNN reports.

An internal State Department document made in response to the Office of Management and Budget and obtained by CNN recommends that State close 10 embassies and 17 consulates mostly in Europe and Africa, including in the countries of Malta, Luxembourg, Lesotho, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan.

“Posts were evaluated based on feedback from regional bureaus and the interagency, consular workload, cost per [U.S. Direct Hire] billet, condition of facilities, and security ratings,” reads the memo, according to Punchbowl News, which also obtained a copy.

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