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#FridayFact Answer

The Department of State ordered the departure of 15 foreign officials from one country’s embassy in Washington, D.C. this week. The order follows last week’s reduction in U.S. embassy staff in that country’s capital city.

This week's #FridayFact asked: Which country was it? You selected from the following choices.

• Cuba
• South Korea
• Afghanistan
• Syria

The correct answer was Cuba. The Department of State ordered the departure of 15 Cuban officials and confirmed that 22 U.S. government officials were harmed by health attacks carried out in Cuba in 2016 and 2017. Last week, the State Department reduced embassy staff in Havana in response to the attacks.

Get more background on the health attacks in Cuba and federal policy on the country.