U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is elaborating more on what the future of the Department of Education will look like as she is tasked with dismantling the same agency she now oversees.

Speaking Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," McMahon said gutting the department will not necessarily mean defunding "outward facing programs." Instead, she said the effort is more focused on increasing efficiency by shifting oversight of those programs to other government agencies and eliminating "a lot of strings attached" regarding how states are able to spend federal funds.

"Governors and state superintendents of education have said, 'look, if we have the funding coming in which allows us to be more creative, how can we spend that?'" said McMahon. "The president believes as I do that the

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