Many if not most of the spending restrictions are about pushing politics. If the financial restrictions are "cut everything non-essential" then this sort of ma

Many if not most of the spending restrictions are about pushing politics. If the financial restrictions are "cut everything non-essential" then this sort of makes sense. If the cuts are "this is woke science stop that" then it makes 100% sense. Either way, blaming the State Department for this is neither reasonable nor prudent.