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US Vice President Harris: Musk Made Some Mistakes in Advancing Federal Layoffs

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March 16th. According to reports from the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and the Cable News Network (CNN), on March 14th, Vice President Vance of the US, during an interview with NBC, acknowledged that Elon Musk, the head of the US Department of Efficiency, had made some mistakes in carrying out the large-scale layoffs of federal government employees. Vance said in the interview, "Elon himself has admitted that there are times when mistakes are made in what one does, and then one corrects them. I accept these mistakes. I also believe that one must correct these mistakes promptly. But I am also very clear that there are many excellent people in the government—many people are performing very well. We hope to retain as much as possible of the effective parts of the government while getting rid of the ineffective parts." CNN stated that this is the first time that a senior official from the White House has admitted that Musk made some mistakes while working with the Department of Efficiency. (Global Times)
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