[Perdogg]

I wanted Dr. Rice to clean out State, like Goss cleaned out the CIA. Right now there is no indication how she's doing.

[capt. norm]

I wanted Dr. Rice to clean out State, like Goss cleaned out the CIA.

That would be excellent! Darn near impossible, as entrenched as these Clinton time-bombs are, but I'd sure like to see it happen.

Goss did good, but was unable to finishe. Maybe Hillary found his FBI file in her collection.

[joem15]

Goss cleaned out the CIA? Where is he now?

[The South Texan]

Don't not just blame Rice and Goss for not cleaning out State and the CIA, respectively. Bush and co should have demanded to resignation of every Clinton appointee from every department of government in Jan 2001 when he took office. One Richard Clarke comes to mind. This is the biggest tragedy of the "new tone."

[csmusaret]

Goss? Where is he?

[muawiyah]

BTW, concerning cleaning out State, or any other government agency, ever since the Pendleton Act it's been rather difficult to do.

When it comes to State, your ambition to "clean" it out suggests that you know where there's a ready supply of folks to replace the current staff.

How much you willing to pay for them? Right now, DC is so difficult to commute into every day, and housing prices are so high, downtown agencies find they have to pay entry level analysts (GS7/9) salaries (with bonus) they were paying GS 15s just a couple of years ago.

Frankly, no one with the requisite skills wants to work at State ~ there are plenty of other places, just as interesting, scattered hither and yon in cheaper (or easier to commute to) areas.

[tcrlaf]

When you come up with a way to fire non-performing Federal Civil Service Employees that Washington hasn't thought of, let us know, will ya?