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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...

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: adiosmofos; biden; bidenregime; byebye; geoffpyatt; inauguration; johnbass; nottiredofwinning; resignations; runhometomommy; trump; trumpeffect; waitingforjan20; wellbye; winning
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To: pierrem15

You aren’t wrong.


41 posted on 01/19/2025 6:20:06 PM PST by Chickensoup
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Looking to go to a country without an extradition treaty?


42 posted on 01/19/2025 6:20:39 PM PST by BigEdLB (Bye-bye Brandon)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is excellent news. After the incredibly corrupted DoJ, State is probably the department in the most need of a major double flush. DoD isn’t far behind. But State has a track record of blunders under first 0bama (whose Secretary of State was one Hillary Clinton) and then again under Biden, that is difficult to match in modern times. Egypt, Libya, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, “Palestine”, Iran, Crimea, Ukraine, just to name a few obvious cases, all felt the ripples of mismanagement and inconsistency on the part of the State Department. Some of that was from political appointees, some from career staffers. All need either to be put on notice or simply given notice.


43 posted on 01/19/2025 6:28:25 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And of course they think they are hurting us by doing this.

Idiots...


44 posted on 01/19/2025 6:29:31 PM PST by Preachin' (I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yet another opportunity to post this wonderful song from The Grove Yard Of Forgetten Favorites

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45 posted on 01/19/2025 6:30:52 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Trump effect in full force.


46 posted on 01/19/2025 6:31:43 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

Good pick.


47 posted on 01/19/2025 6:38:24 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: All

DRAIN THE SWAMP!!


48 posted on 01/19/2025 6:39:11 PM PST by CaliGangsta
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

W.I.N.N.I.N.G!


49 posted on 01/19/2025 6:43:11 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Eliminate the state department. Its a den of commie snakes that gives away our tax dollars.


50 posted on 01/19/2025 6:44:36 PM PST by shotgun
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

My nephews wife is with the State Department. She was giddy when Hillary was the head. Hope she’s gone


51 posted on 01/19/2025 6:45:28 PM PST by albie (U)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Fewer enemies within, no longer able to work against us.
Now be SURE they lose all security clearances and change the passwords on all sustems.
Better yet, “Air-gap” the systems to keep both them and the Chinese out.


52 posted on 01/19/2025 6:47:59 PM PST by Ex gun maker. (Free thinking is now a radical concept, I will not be assimilated by PC or EV group-think!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

😂😂😂😂😂

Seppuku would be honorable


53 posted on 01/19/2025 6:48:33 PM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (אני עומד לצד ישראל. The only good commie is one that's dead - Country Joe McDonald )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’ll be happy when I see scores of REGULATORS resign or get fired.

Scores = millions.

(Millions of gov’t employees and officials work in the unconstitutional Regulatory State.)


54 posted on 01/19/2025 6:51:16 PM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: chuckb87

if you read the excerpt, the resignations were requested by the incoming administration.


55 posted on 01/19/2025 6:51:21 PM PST by Mama Shawna
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Don’t forget to scatter their staffs to the four winds.

L


56 posted on 01/19/2025 6:52:39 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Actually, the way it reads they are resigning from temporary promotions to Seniir Executive Service political positions (10% of SES). They will “retreat” to their career positions where they are protected by civil service rules. So, they are still around, just not in political appointee positions.


57 posted on 01/19/2025 6:52:54 PM PST by lp boonie (Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

58 posted on 01/19/2025 7:00:02 PM PST by FLT-bird
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To: lurk

The direct costs of these people isn’t the problem. Each of them has a multiplier effect of at least 100. The cost of the mischief they cause is incalculable.


59 posted on 01/19/2025 7:01:27 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Oh good, no severance package payout!


60 posted on 01/19/2025 7:01:33 PM PST by existentially_kuffer
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