The first thing President-Elect Trump should have done after his election was send a form letter to all Obama appointees instructing them to have an undated letter of resignation on his desk by 21 January, 2017.
Agree. Federal senior executives are policy makers. They should be employees-at-will.
If they don’t support the goals of the chief executive (here, avoiding another Barney Frank meltdown) ****can them.
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