Posted on 02/17/2017 4:48:07 AM PST by tcrlaf
While Rex Tillerson is on his first overseas trip as Secretary of State, his aides laid off staff at the State Department on Thursday.
Much of seventh-floor staff, who work for the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources and the Counselor offices, were told today that their services were no longer needed.
These staffers in particular are often the conduit between the secretary’s office to the country bureaus, where the regional expertise is centered. Inside the State Department, some officials fear that this is a politically-minded purge that cuts out much-needed expertise from the policy-making, rather than simply reorganizing the bureaucracy.
There are clear signals being sent that many key foreign policy portfolios will be controlled directly by the White House, rather than through the professional diplomats. Not a single State Department official was included in the White House meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner - who has no regional expertise or diplomatic experience - had a greater role in the meeting than the Senate-confirmed secretary of State.
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Good riddance !
This doesn't exactly give me any comfort at all.
This is the same Jared Kushner who retained JAMIE GORELICK as his attorney to advise him in matters related to potential conflicts of interest in his White House role.
One hopes that first their network and pc access and email accounts were frozen, and MPs were there to lock down their files and walk them out.
After outsider replacements are installed en masse throughout admin and the dept’s, they will notice any untoward activities and behaviors of the leftovers. Any leftover vermin will be in the light now, easily exposed.
Why is Soros not at room temperature.
Anyone who leaves Bush out of this equation makes a big mistake. His political flotsam and jetsam were no more qualified - you know, the folks who brought us deba'athification and the rise of the insurgency in Iraq. We are not fighting democrats here. We are fighting the uniparty. Don't forget it.
What an excellent way to begin a Friday, a big layoff of government workers.
There is only one person whose views about excluding the state department count and that is Rex Tillerson. If he thinks the WH is inteferring in his ability to do his job, he will let his displeasure be known and if it continues he will quit. But, as we find out, Trump spends a lot more time talking to his cabinet than people claim he does. The real whining is the lower level minions who are excluded and think they should be included. Like, this 7th floor group that was finally fired.
This is what I call draining the swamp.
We need to make deep cuts to the senior levels of the State Department, but this is a start. The State Department’s “experts” applauded and to some extent caused the Arab Spring. Their expertise led to the current situation in Syria, the refugee crisis in Europe and worldwide, the problems in Crimea and Ukraine, and the rest of the world Obama created. I’d rather have policy decided by the next 500 Home Depot customers than our top 500 holdovers at State.
Nice going, Rex. These firings facilitate Trump's Master Plan----nudging his yet-unnamed ambassadors to urge the respective countries to look into their govt's dealings w/ the Clintons and the nefarious Clinton Foundation:
<><> foreign govt donations to the Clinton Foundation,
<><> govt donations to Hillary's campaign (illegal),
<><> the Clintons meddling in foreign elections,
<><> big buck speeches,
<><> consulting gigs for Bill,
<><> insider business deals,
<><> deals for Clinton cronies and insiders...and so on.
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These same ambassadors might also be nudged into looking into Soros' foreign activities. The buzz is Soros established "non-profits" in about 1000 foreign localities.
Soros numerous n/p's should be scrutinized as to an electronic/paper trail for money-laundering, tax-evasion, govt fraud....and so on.
Soros needs to be exposed.
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Podesta-Soros Master Plan - How To Take Over America - 2008 And Beyond!
Common Sense Evaluation / FR Posted by gaggs
Wikileaks Email ID 59125 exposes Hillary's campaign manager, John Podesta, and George Soros Master Plan on how to take over America in 2008 and beyond!
It’s all there in the memos, the whole scheme… taking over the economy, protracted war, dividing Americans and controlling the media. (Excerpt) Read more at commonsenseevaluation.com ...
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The crucial point here is that arch-villains Hillary, Podesta and Soros are linked together. Soros has been under the radar much too long.
Ah, this is the Wiki “Vault 7” that was being referred to. Vault 7 is the name of the seventh floor where the snakes dwell.
Sounds like some draining of the swamp is going on! Seriously, the idea behind protecting nonpartisan expert civil servants makes some sense, but if they are not nonpartisan, then the justification behind protecting them diminishes.
The grim reaper and father time are slacking off with Obama.
From Thursday...
House Oversight Chairman Chaffetz refers Bryan Pagliano to DOJ for charges
#### em.
Hope soros doesn’t drop dead of a heart attack.
“”Inside the State Department, some officials fear that this is a politically-minded purge that cuts out much-needed expertise from the policy-making, rather than simply reorganizing the bureaucracy.””
This is classic Washington Establishment smug delusion response. Would that be the “expertise” that brought us the deal with Iran? Or maybe the same “expertise” that has cost the American worker their livelihood through deals that only benefited special interest and Wall Street?
It is high time these self proclaimed untouchables felt the cold hard slap of reality and learned how the real world works.
We also now know why Bill Kristoll is throwing his snot bubble blowing tantrum in front of anyone still idiotic enough to listen to him. He knows the gravy train for him and his fellow Establishment leaches is coming to a long overdue grinding Halt.
Yesterday’s evisceration of the Main Stream Media’s press and now this? Your man M.A. Meddybemps may faint from all the WINNING!
That’s right. A polygraph works by measuring your physiological responses to stress, i.e. heart rate, breathing changes, etc on the theory that telling a lie crests stress, albeit maybe very small changes.
A sociopath or pathological liar actually enjoys lying and is not going to manifest the normal signs of stress. One of the reasons polygraph results are not admissible in court.
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