The Trump administration is looking at closing nearly 30 US embassies and consulates as it eyes significant changes to its diplomatic presence abroad.
This according to an internal State Department document obtained by CNN.
The document recommends closing 10 embassies and 17 consulates.
Many of the posts are in Europe and Africa, though they also include some in Asia and the Caribbean.
They include embassies in Malta, Luxembourg, Lesotho, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan.
The list also includes five consulates in France, two in Germany, two in Bosnia and Herzegovina, one in the United Kingdom, one in South Africa and one in South Korea.
The document proposes that the duties of the closed missions be covered by outposts in neighboring countries.
Most consulates do not have a large workforce.
The document also recommends reducing the footprint at US diplomatic missions in Somalia and Iraq, two countries that have been key to US counterterrorism efforts.
It is unclear whether Secretary of State Marco Rubio has signed off on the proposed closures.
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