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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“Deep State” and “Vault 7” are not related.
Are those conspiracy keywords that get bandied about to gain attention?
Damned good question. His entire family needs to be taken out of the equation, as well.
One of Bush’s biggest mistakes was keeping anybody from the previous administration, but he was such a fool about “reaching across the aisle”...
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He wasn’t a fool if he actually wanted to lose to them, which he did.
It does make him a rotten prince of the Uniparty.
Democrats have not been interested in actual “bipartisan cooperation” since the day the ink dried on Alinsk’s book in 1972.
I really advice all FReepers to read the whole piece. You can definitely taste the salt of the flowing tears.
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Wholeheartedly recommend. Here’s a sample:
“That particular incident was disheartening to many State Department officials who hope that Mr. Tillerson - who had a long career as Exxon Mobil’s CEO - will bring his worldly experience and management to a building that has been demoralized by the Trump administration’s antipathy toward multilateralism and cavalier approach to diplomacy.”
The winning is feeling so big after yesterday’s presser, I almost feel like an entitlement grubber. Feeding at the trough of winning.
Drink deeply from the well, my FRiends.
I know, and I now watch the fake news for entertainment, it's bizarre world where reality is replacing Obama as the King with no clothes.
I vote for Complicit.
Quite the point, isn't it. Clod.
Quite the point, isn't it. Clod.
AKA the Mistress of Disaster, and I concur.
Trump and his team understand the big stuff... they get that right...
The country's going to be just fine - keep draining that swamp.
I’m tired of our country being represented by people who hate Americans too... fire ‘em all. Get the ones with beards out first...
Romanian termination would have been better.
Only one month gone out of 48 and working with less than a full staff, I believe this Presidency is going VERY well. Imagine how effective they are going to be when they are fully staffed and most of the resistance has been removed. May God protect President Trump.
The ones he cannot fire need to be made JANITORS and have their Security and Access taken away!!
I’ll take your advise.
Most will not pass, and those that do can undergo additional scrutiny! Simply look at their voting record! That’s simple!
How long has it been since he was actually seen anywhere?
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