Trump Admin Announces Plan to Merge Labor and Education Departments

Trump Admin Announces Plan to Merge Labor and Education Departments
US President Donald Trump makes remarks to the media before a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on June 21, 2018. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP/Getty Images
Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
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The White House announced a plan on June 21 to merge the Education and Labor departments to form a new agency dubbed the Department of Education and the Workforce.

The proposed agency is part of a larger reorganization of the federal government. Last year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to work on the comprehensive plan.

Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
Bowen Xiao was a New York-based reporter at The Epoch Times. He covers national security, human trafficking and U.S. politics.
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