Mass exodus at the State Department

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THGRRI

Friday, January 27, 2017 3:03 AM

They don't want to work for Trump

Senior officials are fleeing the State Department in the first days of President Donald Trump's administration, according to The Washington Post.

Patrick Kennedy, the State Department's undersecretary for management, and three of his top officials resigned abruptly recently, The Post reported. All are career diplomats who have served under presidents from both parties.

Two other senior leaders in the State Department left earlier this month. Post columnist Josh Rogin characterized it as an "ongoing mass exodus of senior foreign service officers who don't want to stick around for the Trump era."

David Wade, who was the State Department's chief of staff under Secretary of State John Kerry, told The Post that it's "the single biggest simultaneous departure of institutional memory that anyone can remember."

http://www.businessinsider.com/state-department-quitting-trump-2017-1

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Friday, January 27, 2017 4:57 AM

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Originally posted by THGRRI:
They don't want to work for Trump

Senior officials are fleeing the State Department in the first days of President Donald Trump's administration, according to The Washington Post.

Patrick Kennedy, the State Department's undersecretary for management, and three of his top officials resigned abruptly recently, The Post reported. All are career diplomats who have served under presidents from both parties.

Two other senior leaders in the State Department left earlier this month. Post columnist Josh Rogin characterized it as an "ongoing mass exodus of senior foreign service officers who don't want to stick around for the Trump era."

David Wade, who was the State Department's chief of staff under Secretary of State John Kerry, told The Post that it's "the single biggest simultaneous departure of institutional memory that anyone can remember."

http://www.businessinsider.com/state-department-quitting-trump-2017-1

That sounds like the best news of the week.
Finally get rid of all that Obama Clinton (and Swiftboat Ketchup) deadwood.

RIVERLOVE

Friday, January 27, 2017 5:26 AM

More resignations like this will help the new Administration's goal of a 10% reduction in the size of government. I hope many others follow the fine example set by these career bureaucrats.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, January 27, 2017 10:32 PM

Yep. Agree with you guys. This all seems like good news to me for several different reasons.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

SIGNYM

Saturday, January 28, 2017 6:37 AM

You know how they say "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"? It would have been better if Trump would have been able to re-assign these assholes to some meaningless position, like Ambassador to Antarctica, or something.

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According to you GSTRING, if I discuss something I'm over-reacting. If I DON'T discuss something, I'm hiding.

You see? You're a troll. YOU don't want to discuss the subject, all you want to do is look for an excuse for personal attacks. So the reason why I'm NOT discussing this with you further is because (1) You've been demonstrated to be wrong about five ti

THGRRI

Saturday, January 28, 2017 7:41 AM

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
You know how they say "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"? It would have been better if Trump would have been able to re-assign to reassign these assholes to some meaningless position, like Ambassador to Antarctica, or something.

Can't reassign people who quit. Not surprised you don't respect their decision.

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REAVERFAN

Saturday, January 28, 2017 9:33 AM

Trump's idiotic belligerence and lack of class is going to get him in a lot of trouble. The world hates him already. He's not going to do the USA any favors.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Saturday, January 28, 2017 10:23 AM

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
You know how they say "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"?

On the flip side of that, if they really are leaving because of Trump, I think that's a big mistake. These are high ranking officials that could have ran some defense against Trumps policies. It's not as if they can do much other than bitch and whine from the side lines.

If they really are leaving because they don't want to work for Trump, that's really juvenile, and they're doing their party and the country a disservice by throwing their little temper tantrums and quitting their jobs.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

1KIKI

Saturday, January 28, 2017 11:21 AM

I've read so many versions of this story I couldn't even begin to guess which one is true. They were fired ... they resigned ... it's traditional for an incoming president to ask for letters of resignation from all political appointees but then keep them on - only Trump didn't keep them on. Even the NYT and the WaPo have dueling memes. In any case, I guess it would have been better to make them ambassadors to Antarctica, or the Moon, or Tuvalu. otoh it would have been worse to keep them in place. All in all, them leaving by whatever means necessary is not a terrible situation. At least their bloody hands are nowhere near the levers of power.

How did your beloved 'democratic' party fuck up so badly?

THGRRI

Saturday, January 28, 2017 7:34 PM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
You know how they say "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"?

On the flip side of that, if they really are leaving because of Trump, I think that's a big mistake. These are high ranking officials that could have ran some defense against Trumps policies. It's not as if they can do much other than bitch and whine from the side lines.

If they really are leaving because they don't want to work for Trump, that's really juvenile, and they're doing their party and the country a disservice by throwing their little temper tantrums and quitting their jobs.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

No Jack, they have to represent the point of view of Trump while he is president. They won't do that so they left. There's nothing juvenile about that. Much of what is being said in this thread is emotional and baseless.

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