Posted on 12/07/2008 1:13:55 PM PST by STARWISE
The incoming Obama administration has notified all politically-appointed ambassadors that they must vacate their posts as of Jan. 20, the day President-elect Barack Obama takes the oath of office, a State Department official said.
The clean slate will open up prime opportunities for the president-elect to reward political supporters with posts in London, Paris, Tokyo and the like. The notice to diplomatic posts was issued this week.
Political ambassadors sometimes are permitted to stay on briefly during a new administration, but the sweeping nature of the directive suggests that Obama has little interest in retaining any of Bush's ambassadorial appointees.
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we need to see that birth certificate pronto.
Since he resigned from the senate, he's a nobody-- a private citizen like you and me. I wonder if he thinks his "directive" has any legal force?? I hope not one ambassador responds or acts before Jan 20. Remind this guy there is such a thing as following the rules. Make him issue an order after he's inaugurated.
Whoopie Goldberg, the Ambassador to the Klingons?
To No. 30: She would “taste” fine to the Zimbabweans.
Pronto doesn’t have a birth certificate. He is a native American, the brother of Tonto. Would a deerskin do instead?
That'd be novel. Like pleading the Fifth at your introduction to the Queen.
I am waiting to see the DOJ placements.
How many of those will be fired.
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