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To: LRoggy

Take a look at the Inspector General for the Department of State position when Hillary was in the position.

June 3, 2015

““Where Are All the Watchdogs?” to keep track of ongoing vacancies in the IG system. Our vacancy tracker shows how long IG offices have been headed by an acting official, and, in the case of IGs appointed by the President, how long a nominee has been waiting for Senate confirmation.

As of today,(June 3, 2015) there are seven vacancies at presidentially appointed IG positions, one vacancy at an agency-appointed position, and three nominees awaiting confirmation. The shortest vacancy is at the Central Intelligence Agency, which has gone 123 days without a permanent IG or a nominee. The longest vacancy is at the Interior Department, which has now gone almost 2,300 days without a permanent IG, making it the longest IG vacancy of the Obama Administration.”

The Department lacked a permanent watchdog for Hillary Clinton’s entire four-year tenure as Secretary of State, the longest vacancy since the position was created in 1957.

These excerpts are from an excellent article, written in 2015 on how Obama appointed “Acting” positions as watchdogs, thus bypassing senate approval.

https://www.pogo.org/testimonies/testimony-of-pogos-danielle-brian-on-watchdogs-needed-top-government-investigator-positions-left-unfilled-for-years


18 posted on 12/04/2024 5:03:10 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: tired&retired
The shortages for IGs is because no one wants the job. It's a dead end that requires the IG to cut political ties with the very people who got them that far.

No one wants to play bad cop in a political sewer.

23 posted on 12/04/2024 6:00:02 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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