WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Thursday his department now has 72,000 employees and is looking to hire 12,000 more to make up for cuts led by the Department of Government Efficiency.
The department had 82,000 employees before the DOGE cuts reduced its workforce to 62,000 employees last year, he said.
(Reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein in Washington; Editing by Chris Reese)
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