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PolicyMusk's DOGE wants to 'delete' entire government agencies. Here's where the most people are employed and what they make.
- Trump picked Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to co-lead DOGE, a new government efficiency commission.
- Their aim is to cut government spending, and one idea they've floated is to ax federal agencies.
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