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Scores of career State Dept. diplomats resign before Trump’s inauguration
The Washington Post ^ | January 19, 2025 | John Hudson

Posted on 01/19/2025 5:46:21 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Scores of senior career diplomats are resigning from the State Department effective at noon on Monday after receiving instructions to do so from President-elect Donald Trump’s aides, said three U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

The forced departures, aimed at establishing a decisive break from the Biden administration, will see an exodus of decorated veterans of the Foreign Service, including John Bass, the undersecretary for management and acting under secretary for political affairs, and Geoff Pyatt, the assistant secretary for energy resources, said the officials, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel decisions ahead of Monday’s inauguration.

Requesting the resignations, the prerogative of any incoming administration, indicates a desire to quickly shift the tone and makeup of the State Department as Trump seeks to upend the global diplomatic chess board after four years of President Joe Biden. Key priorities for Trump include imposing sweeping tariffs on allies and adversaries, ending the war in Ukraine, solidifying the wobbly ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and deporting millions of undocumented immigrants.

“It is entirely appropriate for the transition to seek officials who share President Trump’s vision for putting our nation and America’s working men and women first. We have a lot of failures to fix and that requires a committed team focused on the same goals,” said a spokesperson for the transition team.

The State Department declined to comment.

On Friday, the Trump team made clear to many of the department’s career officials serving as assistant secretaries and in other high-level positions that they would not be needed beyond Monday.

Some incoming presidents choose to keep a larger stable of career diplomats in senior roles until handpicked political appointees receive Senate confirmation. Instead, Trump has authorized the selection...

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To: E. Pluribus Unum

21 posted on 01/19/2025 6:00:32 PM PST by 4Liberty (One person’s Socialism is another’s neighborliness. -Tim Walz>)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yes!


22 posted on 01/19/2025 6:00:52 PM PST by Fai Mao (The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

How many scores?


23 posted on 01/19/2025 6:01:46 PM PST by meyer ("When, in the course of human events,....")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He’s not even inaugurated yet and there’s LOTS of winning.


24 posted on 01/19/2025 6:02:21 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: Lurker

Fully agree and fully second this proposal.

Like nuking the site from orbit, such a course is the only way to be sure we’ve excised the corruption.


25 posted on 01/19/2025 6:02:53 PM PST by Marechal
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Now take away their security clearances. Those should automatically expire when they leave their government job. I bet there is no certified list of ex-government employees who still have security clearances.


26 posted on 01/19/2025 6:04:11 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Where are they going? To a Soros funded NGO?


27 posted on 01/19/2025 6:04:30 PM PST by No Party Affiliation
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

One can feel the uptick in State Dept morality, IQ, and trustworthiness. Since the left turns everything into s***, perhaps the State Dept will lose enough stink to rise into the wonderful world of actually doing useful work.


28 posted on 01/19/2025 6:06:48 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Does Trump have a Fog clearing machine?


29 posted on 01/19/2025 6:08:24 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Love when the trash takes itself out


30 posted on 01/19/2025 6:09:02 PM PST by LibertyWoman
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Well, bye.


31 posted on 01/19/2025 6:09:55 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: Ann Archy
"MORE!!! MORE!!!! MORE!!! FBI.....DOJ.....ALL THE AGENCIES!!"

How about firing all US Attorneys.

32 posted on 01/19/2025 6:09:56 PM PST by mosaicwolf
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They aretrying to save their pensions

Many don’t deserve them.

Some deserve prison.


33 posted on 01/19/2025 6:10:55 PM PST by Chickensoup
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
 
 
 
 

34 posted on 01/19/2025 6:11:25 PM PST by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: Army Air Corps

AMEN!!


35 posted on 01/19/2025 6:13:06 PM PST by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! Thereon)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I already voted for him. You don't have to sell me.

These would be the same scum who brought us the rout in Afghanistan, the war in Ukraine, dropping Saudi pressure on the Houthis, and financing the mullahs in Teheran to bring us the 10/7 attack on Israel.

It would be hard to find a bigger group of turds floating in the national punchbowl.

36 posted on 01/19/2025 6:14:56 PM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Chickensoup

The ones funding Teheran are guilty of treason, should be convicted before a military tribunal, and then shot.


37 posted on 01/19/2025 6:16:15 PM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Uncle Miltie

DITTO!!!!!


38 posted on 01/19/2025 6:16:46 PM PST by bantam
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Bye Felicia!!!


39 posted on 01/19/2025 6:17:32 PM PST by pburiak (You really think we can vote our way out of this? That’s so cute...)
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Deep state welfare recipients…


40 posted on 01/19/2025 6:18:21 PM PST by TnTnTn
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