The U.S. State Department has declined offers from benched State Department officials to help with Iran war-related evacuation efforts, according to the State Department’s union and an email seen by Foreign Policy . Around 250 diplomats were laid off under a so-called reduction-in-force (RIF) order last year but have not yet officially separated from the department and are still on the payroll, John Dinkelman, president of the American Foreign Service Association, told Foreign Policy . A State