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Liberal Diplomat Resigns From State Department
pjmedia.com ^ | Michael van der Galien

Posted on 12/12/2017 6:28:55 AM PST by RoosterRedux

A supposed "rising star" at the State Department has resigned in anger over President Trump's and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's policies.

Elizabeth Shackelford gave her resignation letter to the left-leaning Foreign Policy magazine, which was, of course, all too happy to publish it. Shackelford's letter says she believes the new administration has abandoned human rights as a priority and shows disdain for the State Department's diplomatic work.

"I have deep respect for the career Foreign and Civil Service staff who, despite the stinging disrespect this Administration has shown our profession, continue the struggle to keep our foreign policy on the positive trajectory necessary to avert global disaster in increasingly dangerous times," she writes in the letter she sent on November 7. "With each passing day, however, this task grows more futile, driving the Department’s experienced and talented staff away in ever greater numbers."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: draintheswamp; seeya; shackelford; sostillerson
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To: RoosterRedux

Buh bye!


41 posted on 12/12/2017 7:33:55 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: RoosterRedux

They are self deporting.


42 posted on 12/12/2017 7:34:08 AM PST by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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To: RoosterRedux

Don’t go away angry, just go away!


43 posted on 12/12/2017 8:01:03 AM PST by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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To: silverleaf

So sad!


44 posted on 12/12/2017 8:07:42 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Build Kate's wall! Keep illegals and illegal murderers/criminals out of America! MAGA! SLAP ACT!!)
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To: RoosterRedux

“I have deep respect for the career Foreign and Civil Service staff...”

Well, that makes one of us. As a career intelligence officer - one who passed the Foreign Service Test and passed on the opportunity to join State, I had numerous opportunities to work with the State Dept. and I was continually amazed at the utter ineptitude and complete lack of appreciation of the truth by State Dept. employees. They seemed to look at the world the way they wanted it to be, not the way it was/is and I was continually amazed at how they could bastardize intelligence to make legitimate threats seem innocent and innocuous.


45 posted on 12/12/2017 8:10:28 AM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Exactly.


46 posted on 12/12/2017 8:38:08 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: RoosterRedux
So - her career went from rising star to black hole with an intermediary flare up.....

Been watching too many "How the Universe Works" shows......

47 posted on 12/12/2017 8:48:01 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: RoosterRedux

The doctor has prescribed “Preparation T” to remove 0bamorrhoids from the State Department.


48 posted on 12/12/2017 8:51:11 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: RoosterRedux

One swamp creature less! Let us hope more follow her out the door.


49 posted on 12/12/2017 9:03:17 AM PST by protest1
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To: Salvavida

#metooformerforeignservice


50 posted on 12/12/2017 10:45:34 AM PST by Jumper
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To: RoosterRedux

She wouldn’t have resigned if she wasn’t going to get a Pension. Principle only goes as far as her Wallet.


51 posted on 12/12/2017 10:47:27 AM PST by Kickass Conservative ( THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Human rights are trivial when compared to the need to preserve American lives.

Jimmy Carter is old and gone


52 posted on 12/12/2017 10:48:23 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: ManHunter

You nailed State. After 20 years Army I made the mistake of joining State, but I retired at 55 rather work with lying backstabbing liberals without honor.


53 posted on 12/12/2017 10:49:36 AM PST by Jumper
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To: Kickass Conservative

Five years at State or the agency gets you a 5% retirement at age 55.


54 posted on 12/12/2017 10:51:22 AM PST by Jumper
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To: Jumper

Well, I must plead Guilty for not reading the Article.

If she was only there five years and didn’t come from another overpaid Government Position, why would anyone care what she has to say? She is sitting at the Kid’s Table.

She deserves nothing more than Newbie status. It’s like a Teenager who thinks they know what Life is all about.


55 posted on 12/12/2017 10:57:43 AM PST by Kickass Conservative ( THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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