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Dissent memo circulating in the State Department over Trump’s policy on refugees and immigrants
WaPo ^ | 1/30/17 | Carol Morello

Posted on 01/30/2017 11:10:46 AM PST by ColdOne

State Department diplomats are circulating a memo objecting to President Trump’s executive order last week to suspend the nation’s refugee program and deny U.S. entry to citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East.

The document is destined for what’s known as the State Department’s “dissent channel,” which was set up during the Vietnam War as a way for diplomats to signal their disagreement on foreign policy decisions to senior management. The communications are typically private.

It is not known whether the memo has been submitted yet to Acting Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, a holdover from the Obama administration who is in charge of the department until a replacement is named. The Senate is expected to confirm Rex Tillerson, a former ExxonMobil executive who is designated for the job.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: aliens; fifthcolumnists; immigration; refugeepolicy; refugees; shadowgovernment; statedept; unelectedbureaucrats
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1 posted on 01/30/2017 11:10:46 AM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Fire everyone who signs it FOR CAUSE.


2 posted on 01/30/2017 11:13:15 AM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: ColdOne
bullsh*t
3 posted on 01/30/2017 11:13:44 AM PST by Spruce
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To: ColdOne

Sounds like the Open Door HR Policy.

Feel free to speak openly (and short-circuit your career in the process)


4 posted on 01/30/2017 11:13:49 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: ColdOne

Great. We have a list of people to transfer to the outermost areas of the most filthy, bug infested areas of the earth


5 posted on 01/30/2017 11:13:52 AM PST by McGavin999
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To: ColdOne

Fire The Lot Of Them!


6 posted on 01/30/2017 11:14:03 AM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: ColdOne

The Trump team needs to get their hands on this and fire every single signee.


7 posted on 01/30/2017 11:14:13 AM PST by nopardons
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To: ColdOne

If bureaucrats in the executive branch are not willing to carry out the directives of the president, then they should not be protected by the Civil Service act and should be fired.


8 posted on 01/30/2017 11:14:25 AM PST by Meet the New Boss
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To: ColdOne

Subversion and subterfuge..................


9 posted on 01/30/2017 11:14:36 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: ColdOne

Hope they are dumb enough to sign it.


10 posted on 01/30/2017 11:15:19 AM PST by Grampa Dave (lesbians, gays, transgenderits, minorities, illegals, muslims, Uber drivers & children hurt by Trump)
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To: Spruce

So, it’s the same policy as Obama’s?

They need to get rid of the same sour pusses over at EPA, then over hall the state dept.

Anyone signing the petition gets sacked.


11 posted on 01/30/2017 11:15:55 AM PST by nikos1121 (We are about to see The Golden Age of Pericles in the new Trump Administration.)
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To: Ouderkirk

Looks like there might be some goobermint jobs opening up after the freeze.


12 posted on 01/30/2017 11:15:55 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: ColdOne

The state department is replete with LIB losers. It has been so for decades. This is no surprise.


13 posted on 01/30/2017 11:16:02 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: ColdOne

I don’t mind if people in a job speak their minds to those in charge - you cannot have a good organization with a bunch of yes-men as underlings.

OTOH, the likelihood is that these people are just Obama holdovers...in which case, fire them all. Don’t allow them to resign, FIRE THEM!

Oh, and if they are the typical careerist, don’t upset OUR applecart types, then also fire them.

Finally, if Tillerson isn’t confirmed THIS WEEK, then fire these guys and gals.


14 posted on 01/30/2017 11:16:02 AM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: McGavin999

Ulaanbaatar (Ulan Bator) is nice this time of year................


15 posted on 01/30/2017 11:16:05 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: McGavin999

It’s -21°F there right now...............


16 posted on 01/30/2017 11:17:09 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: ColdOne
Acting Secretary of State Thomas Shannon to whiny State Department members:

Get over it.

If you can't get over it, I will accept your resignation.

17 posted on 01/30/2017 11:17:13 AM PST by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: Fiddlstix

Ditto.


18 posted on 01/30/2017 11:17:36 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!! Shadilay!)
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To: ColdOne

its the govt employees and libtards that want us to die at the hands of the muzzies.


19 posted on 01/30/2017 11:17:55 AM PST by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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To: ColdOne

File it in “File 13”


20 posted on 01/30/2017 11:17:56 AM PST by ConjunctionJunction
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