The Government Efficiency Department, led by Elon MuskHe arrived on Friday at the United States Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, DC, suggesting that it could be the last goal of Trump Administration’s efforts to reduce the size of federal labor force.

“The government efficiency department staff are currently working at the Peace Corps headquarters and the agency is supporting their applications,” the agency said in a statement to Reuters.

The Peace Corps, established in 1961 by the then President John F. Kennedy, sends volunteers from around the world to help countries with projects focused on education, health and economics. Since then, more than 240,000 north -Americans have volunteered for the peace body. The agency is widely considered as one of the most visible tools used by the United States government to promote global influence.

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Members of Doge, directed by Elon Musk, arrived on Friday at the United States Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, DC (Earn McNamee / Getty Images / Getty Images)

The goal of DOGE’s visit was not immediately clear but the arrival of DOGE staff In a federal agency, it is often followed by layoffs.

The body of peace, which has an annual budget of more than $ 400 million, has been very popular in both Democrats and Republicans. There is a bipartisan peace caucus in Congress.

In 1983, the then President Ronald Reagan said: “With the example of these Peace Corps volunteers, people from all over the world can understand that the heart of America is strong and their heart is good.”

The peace body has an annual budget of more than $ 400 million. (Reuters / Kent Nishimura / Reuters)

The agency’s leadership had told the agency staff to wait for DOGE members to arrive on Friday afternoon and to work during the weekend, according to Reuters.

President Donald Trump He has taken several steps since he returned to the White House in January to eliminate the key pillars of the United States’ soft power, including efforts to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development, the United States Institute of Peace and Government -funded broadcasters such as Voice of America.

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The agency’s leadership had told the Agency staff that DOGE members had said to arrive by DOGE members on Friday afternoon and to work over the weekend. (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images / Getty Images)

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About 130 Wilson Center employees, a Washington non-partisan foreign policy tank, set out on leave after DOGE began to guide the organization this week, according to the New York Times.

Reuters contributed to this report.