The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plans to eliminate 80,000 jobs in August as part of an “aggressive” reorganization, according to an internal memo obtained by the Associated Press.

The memo was sent by VA chief of staff Christopher Syrek and informs top-level officials that they must prepare to “resize and tailor the workforce to the mission and revised structure.”

Agency officials should work with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to “move out aggressively, while taking a pragmatic and disciplined approach” to the goals of the administration, according to AP.

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