(Reuters) - The Department of Veterans Affairs will begin mass layoffs as early as June, according to a memo reviewed by Reuters, as President Donald Trump's campaign to sharply cut the federal government works its way through a highly politically sensitive agency.

The memo, which is dated March 6, directs the department's human resources team to begin reviewing the agency's operations with an eye toward firing civil servants. It said it expects the review to be done by June, after which "VA will initiate Department-wide RIF actions," using an acronym for reduction in force.
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