Mr. Jordan said CNN, the only news channel with a permanent bureau in Havana, will continue to cover whatever developments take place in Cuba.
In the meantime, the bureau will continue with its plans to conduct a sweeping study on the environmental impacts of large-scale solar development on public land in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, said a spokeswoman, Celia Boddington.
"My Office's Cybercrime and Identity Theft Bureau also operates across borders, and will continue to track and prosecute identity thieves here in Manhattan and around the world".
"The Bureau is still collecting evidence and will continue to do so as the case proceeds through the court system," she said.
Asked why the paper didn't send a reporter to cover this rare opportunity to learn Manning's side of the story, Times Washington bureau chief David Leonhardt said, "We've covered him and will continue to do so.
In response, Winfield Crigler, executive director of the Student Loan Servicing Alliance, said her members will continue to work with the consumer bureau "to ensure that borrowers understand their rights and obligations and receive a high level of service".
I will continue to write in my next job, as Washington bureau chief, but not every week and not this column.
The bureau said it "shares and assesses intelligence on a daily basis and will continue to work closely with law enforcement and intelligence community partners to identify and disrupt any potential threat to public safety".
The move will see up to 70 roles eliminated or relocated, but the Paris bureau and advertising operations will be unaffected and the International New York Times, formerly the International Herald Tribune, will continue to be distributed in Europe.
Lebedev said that the business will continue to "invest in quality journalism" opening new editorial bureaux in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, as well as an expansion of the US operation.
