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State Dept. carries out layoffs under Rex Tillerson (DEEP STATE/Vault 7!)
cbsnews ^ | 2-17-2017 | Margaret Brennan, Kylie Atwood

Posted on 02/17/2017 4:48:07 AM PST by tcrlaf

While Rex Tillerson is on his first overseas trip as Secretary of State, his aides laid off staff at the State Department on Thursday. 

Much of seventh-floor staff, who work for the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources and the Counselor offices, were told today that their services were no longer needed.

These staffers in particular are often the conduit between the secretary’s office to the country bureaus, where the regional expertise is centered. Inside the State Department, some officials fear that this is a politically-minded purge that cuts out much-needed expertise from the policy-making, rather than simply reorganizing the bureaucracy.

There are clear signals being sent that many key foreign policy portfolios will be controlled directly by the White House, rather than through the professional diplomats.   Not a single State Department official was included in the White House meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner - who has  no regional expertise or diplomatic experience -  had a greater role in the meeting than the Senate-confirmed secretary of State.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: deepstate; israel; jared; kushner; secretaryofstate; shadowgov; statedepartment; statedeptlayoffs; tillerson; treason; trumpnetanyahu; winning
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To: tcrlaf

“Deep State” and “Vault 7” are not related.

Are those conspiracy keywords that get bandied about to gain attention?


81 posted on 02/17/2017 6:56:26 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Vaquero

Damned good question. His entire family needs to be taken out of the equation, as well.


82 posted on 02/17/2017 6:59:29 AM PST by Howie66 ("Tone down the tagline please." - Admin Moderator)
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To: livius

One of Bush’s biggest mistakes was keeping anybody from the previous administration, but he was such a fool about “reaching across the aisle”...

...

He wasn’t a fool if he actually wanted to lose to them, which he did.

It does make him a rotten prince of the Uniparty.


83 posted on 02/17/2017 7:05:41 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Moonman62

Democrats have not been interested in actual “bipartisan cooperation” since the day the ink dried on Alinsk’s book in 1972.


84 posted on 02/17/2017 7:10:42 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: ScaniaBoy

I really advice all FReepers to read the whole piece. You can definitely taste the salt of the flowing tears.

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Wholeheartedly recommend. Here’s a sample:

“That particular incident was disheartening to many State Department officials who hope that Mr. Tillerson - who had a long career as Exxon Mobil’s CEO - will bring his worldly experience and management to a building that has been demoralized by the Trump administration’s antipathy toward multilateralism and cavalier approach to diplomacy.”

The winning is feeling so big after yesterday’s presser, I almost feel like an entitlement grubber. Feeding at the trough of winning.


85 posted on 02/17/2017 7:12:29 AM PST by Freemeorkillme
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To: tcrlaf
"“It is irresponsible to let qualified, nonpartisan, experienced people go before you have any idea of their replacement. You can’t do foreign policy by sitting in the White House, just out of your back pocket,” explains Tom Countryman, Former Assistant Secetary for Non-Proliferation who was let go earlier this month.

Drink deeply from the well, my FRiends.

86 posted on 02/17/2017 7:14:37 AM PST by Freemeorkillme
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To: Freemeorkillme
The winning is feeling so big after yesterday’s presser, I almost feel like an entitlement grubber. Feeding at the trough of winning.

I know, and I now watch the fake news for entertainment, it's bizarre world where reality is replacing Obama as the King with no clothes.

87 posted on 02/17/2017 7:14:48 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Pearls Before Swine
GWB was steadfast in not cleaning house of the disloyal, politicized staff put in by Clinton. Either he was in denial, or stupid, or complicit.

I vote for Complicit.

88 posted on 02/17/2017 7:16:18 AM PST by Old_Grouch (69 and AARP-free. Monthly FR contributor.)
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To: 1Old Pro; All
Countryman worries that the White House is displaying an intent not rely on the State Department for foreign policy in that no one will be in place to challenge the edicts drawn up in the Oval Office.

Quite the point, isn't it. Clod.

89 posted on 02/17/2017 7:17:40 AM PST by Freemeorkillme
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To: 1Old Pro; All
Countryman worries that the White House is displaying an intent not rely on the State Department for foreign policy in that no one will be in place to challenge the edicts drawn up in the Oval Office.

Quite the point, isn't it. Clod.

90 posted on 02/17/2017 7:17:46 AM PST by Freemeorkillme
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To: Alberta's Child

AKA the Mistress of Disaster, and I concur.


91 posted on 02/17/2017 7:31:00 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: tcrlaf
Not a single State Department official was included in the White House meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week.

Trump and his team understand the big stuff... they get that right...

The country's going to be just fine - keep draining that swamp.

92 posted on 02/17/2017 7:59:12 AM PST by GOPJ (The swamp is much deeper than any of us suspected... Freeper jimwatx...)
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To: mastertex

I’m tired of our country being represented by people who hate Americans too... fire ‘em all. Get the ones with beards out first...


93 posted on 02/17/2017 8:00:27 AM PST by GOPJ (The swamp is much deeper than any of us suspected... Freeper jimwatx...)
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To: tcrlaf

Romanian termination would have been better.


94 posted on 02/17/2017 8:01:49 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: New Jersey Realist
The last paragraph: "R.C. Hammond, a State Department spokesman, did not respond to the specific question of what motivated the layoffs but provided the following statement: “As part of the transition from one administration to the next we continue to build out our team.......” Hammond previously worked for Newt Gingrich and is a new hire at the State Department.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.C._Hammond
95 posted on 02/17/2017 8:05:30 AM PST by Old_Grouch (69 and AARP-free. Monthly FR contributor.)
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To: ronnie raygun

Only one month gone out of 48 and working with less than a full staff, I believe this Presidency is going VERY well. Imagine how effective they are going to be when they are fully staffed and most of the resistance has been removed. May God protect President Trump.


96 posted on 02/17/2017 8:34:09 AM PST by ez ("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton)
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To: originalbuckeye

The ones he cannot fire need to be made JANITORS and have their Security and Access taken away!!


97 posted on 02/17/2017 8:56:37 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: ScaniaBoy

I’ll take your advise.


98 posted on 02/17/2017 9:04:45 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: jazminerose

Most will not pass, and those that do can undergo additional scrutiny! Simply look at their voting record! That’s simple!


99 posted on 02/17/2017 9:11:27 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Vaquero

How long has it been since he was actually seen anywhere?


100 posted on 02/17/2017 10:35:01 AM PST by MrEdd (MrEdd)
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